1940 - The Battle of France

1940

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Colonel Václav Strupek

* 1918

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

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František Švrček

* 1912 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, International Brigadiers

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

Karel Szatan

* 1926

Emigrant, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

in french foreigner legion in the uniform from the first world war

Colonel (ret.) František Tuček

* 1918 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Uruba

Colonel (ret.) Petr Uruba

* 1916 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

After the end of the war

Karel Vašek

* 1918 †︎ 2006

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Karel Veselý in 1940

First Lieutenant (ret.) Karel Veselý

* 1921 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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Captain Adolf Vodička

* 1913 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, International Brigadiers

1940 - The Battle of France, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

corporal Karel Volena - In Czechoslovak army 1947

Captain (ret.) Karel Volena

* 1923 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Václav Vondrák 1

Major (ret.) Václav Vondrák

* 1912 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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