6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

6. 6. 1944

Jan Kloda in 1948

Jan Kloda

* 1926

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Hanuš Korda

Hanuš Korda

* 1917 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Hanuš Kotek in the year 1941

Hanuš Kotek

* 1920 †︎ 2002

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Jaroslav Krob

Jaroslav Krob

* 1910 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, French Foreign Legion, Israel/Palestine

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Adolf Kůrka when drafted to the wehrmacht

Adolf Kůrka

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 20. 6. - 29. 8. 1944 - Operation Bagration, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Liška - The Czechoslovak Brigade, 1945

Josef Liška

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area and 1 more anniversaries

Corporal Otmar Malíř - 1946

Otmar Malíř

* 1923 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 3 more anniversaries

Tankers of the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armored Brigade - illustration photo, valka.cz

Jan Martínek

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 1 more anniversaries

mazurek_robert_1945.jpg (historic)

Sergeant (ret.) Robert Mazurek

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Young Oldřich Pich

Captain (ret.) Oldřich Pich

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

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