Československá samostatná brigáda Jana Žižky z Trocnova v Jugoslávii – opomíjená součást protifašistického odboje
The Czechoslovak Independent Brigade of Jan Žižka in Yugoslavia - Neglected Component of Anti-fascist Resistance

Summary/Abstract: During the Second World War, the Czechs and the Slovaks joined anti-fascist resistance on many fronts. The battlefield in the former Yugoslavia was in terms of numbers of combatants third most important. The relationship of politicians, historians and media, to various components of our resistance reflected changes in the political orientation of Czechoslovakia, or the Czech Republic. The share of the Czechs and the Slovaks, settled in Slavonia, in the liberation of Yugoslavia and the defeat of Germany was always “politically” complicated. But nobody can dispute its importance and scope, heroism of members the National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia, natives of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. In October 2013, we marked the seventieth anniversary of this unit.

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