Questions tagged [czechoslovakia]
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Why does the CIA report on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich refer to it as "Operation Salmon" rather than "Operation Anthropoid"?
SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. Source: National Archives
I have been researching Operation Anthropoid (the assassination of SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich on 27 May 1942 in Prague, ...
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Could the Soviet Union have supported Czechoslovakia primarily by air in 1938?
The Soviet Union was bound by treaty to support Czechoslovakia in 1938. One "sticking point" was that the Soviet Union would have to cross Polish and/or Romanian territory to do so.
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Why did the wagon forts of the Hussites fade away?
The wagon forts of Hussites were quite successful tactically, and helped them repel five crusades from European leaders.
I was wondering why did the wagon fort tactics not see a wider adoption in ...
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Did the Czechoslovak Legion bring POWs to Czechoslovakia? And if so, why?
In this question, it is established that the Czechoslovak Legion went back to Europe in 1920 merely on US boats along three different naval roads.
@Felix Goldberg quotes a master's thesis by Major ...
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Where are the 1921 census records for Haloch?
Haloch is a small village in Ukraine (Ukrainian wikipedia), part of the Zakarpattia Oblast. In 1921, it was part of Czechoslovakia. That year, there was a census, "The First Czechoslovak ...
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How did the Czech Legion get home?
The Czech Legion was allied with the Russian Tsars just prior to the Russian revolution. After the Bolsheviks took power, they were unable to return via Europe. So they crossed the whole of Eurasia ...
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What was the border regime between Poland and Czechoslovakia like during the 1970s and 1980s?
Poland and Czechoslovakia shared a rather long border after WW2. This border included several touristically relevant places, e.g. Snežka in the Krkonoše mountains and several peaks in the High Tatras.
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Why were Austria-Hungary's Slavic minorities put into multinational states?
From the perspective of the post-Cold War generation that saw Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia break up over ethnic squabbles (peacefully in the case of the former, acrimoniously in the case of the ...
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In WW2, did Germany ever mine Uranium from Czechoslovakia?
1938 Oct 01, Germany begins annexing the Sudentenland. 1939 Mar 15, Germany invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.
There is a mine, far on the western border, called the Joachimsthal Mine.
Today it is ...
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What is this lapel pin logo?
I got this lapel pin in the mid-1980s from a retired communist partisan in Hungary. He had more pins, mostly of communist/socialist organisations, trade fairs, and combines.[1]
cold-war era Eastern ...
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How many Me Bf 109 were produced in Czechoslovakia during WW2
It is known fact that Czechoslovak factories(or at least Avia) produced Messerschmitt Bf 109 during WW2. After the war ended, they for some time continued production, called Avia S-99 and when engines ...
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What do citizens of countries that partition do about new anthems? [closed]
I am fascinated with creation and adoption of national anthems. I find it especially intriguing with such countries that were once a union and then broke apart.
My interest/question deals with two ...
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Where, exactly, was the "Sudetenland?"
In an early version of my earlier Skoda Works question, I placed the works in the "Sudetenland." A European protested that they were 250 kms. away from the Sudetes mountains, which he considered the ...
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Can anyone identify this possibly Czechoslovak uniform?
I have this photo of my Great Grandfather Antonin Hošek and his wife Elisabeth Hofrichter with my Grandma as a baby Alzběta Hošková. I am trying to find out more about my family's past and I'd love to ...
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Why is Berehove in Ukraine and not in Hungary?
Checking the distribution of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, is seems there is a stripe of land next to the Hungarian/Ukrainian border which has a majority of Hungarian inhabitants. Such a stripe, ...
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Why didn't the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia use the military to suppress the protests during the Velvet Revolution?
I've been reading a bit about the fairly peaceful transition of power in Czechoslovokia through the protests throughout the country, but I'm wondering, why didn't the ruling party attempt to bring the ...
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What was the Nature of Resistance in 1938 Czechoslovakia?
I wonder if someone might help me. I'm writing a novel. My protagonist is a dual national (English born, German parents) bio chemist contracted to work for Freiburg University 1938. At the time ...
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How common were ethnically mixed villages in pre-WWII Czechoslovakia?
I was trying to find out whether the treaties that determined the post-war borders of Czechoslovakia were partly motivated as a punishment for the history of oppression by the German and Hungarian ...
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Which types of tank are on this photo?
One of the more iconic photos of the Prague Spring is this:
A high Res version is on wikimedia, who took it first from a CIA flicker post. It is labeled there as "1968. During the Soviet ...
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Did the USSR pledge support to Czechoslovakia before the Munich Agreement?
Did the USSR pledge support to Czechoslovakia before the Munich Agreement (1938 Sep 29 - 30)? If so, what kind of support did it pledge?
The reason I ask is because I recently came across this ...
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How many times was Vaclav Havel under arrest and under what - presumably trumped up charges - was he indicted?
Vaclav Havel, was one of the leading figures of the Velvet revolution that toppled the Czech communist government.
He was arrested multiple times by the regime, the longest being for four years. The ...
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Did Poland help Germany take Czechoslavakia before Germany invaded Poland?
In March of 1939, "with Germany's permission" (WW2 for dummies), Poland invaded Czechoslovakia while Germany was annexing the Sudetenland per the Munich agreement. Only 6 months later, in September, ...
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How many crew for the LT vz 38?
I have seen a claim in some English online encyclopedias claiming that LT vz. 38 was originally supposed to have a crew of 3 and only after it fell into hands of Nazis was it changed to 4. However, I ...
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How was the Free Czech Army formed in World War 2?
I am researching my family's history in World War 2. I know that my grandfather joined the "Free Czech Army" and was evacuated from Sete France after France fell. I have found several online ...
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Did the Czechoslovak Legion commit "war crimes" in Russia?
When Legionaries returned to Czechoslovakia, they were celebrated as heroes, laid the foundation of the modern Czechoslovak Army and were instrumental in the forging of a national spirit. With ...
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Can anyone help ID the probably World War One, Austrian, Italian, or Czech uniform in the picture?
This is a picture of my grandfather. Paul Boratko. We think he was born in Austria, but married a woman from Slovakia and immigrated to the USA after WWI.
I'm trying to identify the uniform in this ...
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Was Laz near Pribram at any time situated in the Sudetenland? [closed]
Was Laz near Pribram at any time situated in the Sudetenland?
Are there any public records relating to Laz in the 1920s still surviving? I think my father, Josef Teinor, was born there.