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Image of General Radola Gajda in czechoslovak communist Historiography.
Kulas, Jan ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Sládek, Miloš (referee)
Radola Gajda, the general of the czechoslovak legions in Russia and one of the commanders of the army "supreme ruler of Russia", the siberian dictator Alexander Vasilevich Kolchak, the then general of the czechoslovak army, which in a short time reached to the highest place, after their overthrow fascist politician and leader of the main czechoslovak fascist party, Národní obec fašistická and participant of many scandals, is one of the most controversial figures in czech and czechoslovak history. On the one hand, a brilliant military leader, a born military commander, on the other hand, a person with sympathy for the authoritarian regimes and fascist parties, which president Tomáš G. Masaryk of his time considered one of the greatest threats to the czechoslovak democracy. The inconsistency of the person of general Gajda has led to the often very significant differences in the perception of this significant figure in our history during the different political regimes that took turns on the territory of the czech lands. As one of the most important commanders of the czechoslovak legions in Russia was Gajda main initiator of their military campaigns against the Bolsheviks, and in fundamental opposition to communism remained even after the rest of your life. Just as essential was the resistance of the...
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Development of the Czechoslovak military plans related to the construction of forts
Kulas, Jan ; Šmíd, Marek (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
Development of the Czechoslovak military plans related to the construction of permanent forts in the interwar period Abstract: On the Czechoslovak war plans had until 1925 the major proportion of members of foreign military missions (first Italian and French in particular), so to accrue in accordance with the broader French strategies for Central Europe. After 1925, when General J. Syrový became Chief of staff, Czechoslovak war plans had been the work of the Czechoslovak officers. In the 1920s, it was in accordance with the Czechoslovak foreign policy for the main Czechoslovak enemy considered to Hungary. The growth of the revisionist and revanšistických tendencies in Germany and the emergence of Nazism forced the Czechoslovak planners turn attention to Germany. The differences in military capabilities in Czechoslovakia and Germany, led to the decision to build permanent fortifications, still more defensive the nature of the defense in the Czechoslovak war plans and to the adoption of the concept of the retreat of the army to the East to Slovakia. Key words: fortifications, Czechoslovakia, military, First Czechoslovak Republic
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