8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo

8. 3. 1943

The first combat action of the 1st Czechoslovak independent field battalion in the USSR.

Mrs Koutná during the war

Markéta Koutná

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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 and 7 more anniversaries

Colonel (ret.) Nikolaj Kubarič

* 1919 †︎ 2010

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Oldřich Kvapil internated in USSR

General (ret.), Doc. Ing., CSc. Oldřich Kvapil

* 1918 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Kvapilová

Marie Kvapilová

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Czech minority in the former USSR

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Kurt Markovič in his youth

Kurt Markovič

* 1917 †︎ 1991

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Holocaust, Veteran of WW2, eastern front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo and 1 more anniversaries

Bernard Menachovský

* 1910 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Jan Pohoriliak

Jan Pohoriliak

* 1918

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov and 3 more anniversaries

Dimitrij Popjuk 23 years

Dimitrij Popjuk

* 1921 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 5 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Procházka (Luck 1944)

General (ret.) Jaroslav Procházka

* 1921 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

foto1.jpg (historic)

Vlastislav Raichl

* 1920 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

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