SLOVÁCI V ČESKOSLOVENSKOM VOJSKU V ZSSR V OBDOBÍ JEHO VÝSTAVBY NA ZÁKLADE DOBROVOĽNOSTI (FEBRUÁR 1942 – FEBRUÁR 1945)

• Authors: Jozef Bystrický

Title variants

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Volunteers in the Czechoslovak army in the USSR during its development (February 1942 – February 1945)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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In the study, the author deals with the issue of origins, from which the Slovaks – members of the Czechoslovak army in the Soviet Union in 1942 – 1944 came from. Majority of the sources in processing the topic comprised the archival documents from the funds of the Military Central Archive in Prague, Military Historical Archive in Bratislava and Russian State Military Archive (RGVA) in Moscow. Based on the analysis thereof, the author declares that the most significant area, from which Slovaks as volunteers were arriving to this Army in the reporting period were the prisoners of the Slovak and Hungarian Army deployed on the Eastern frontline.

Keywords

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MILITARY HISTORY; SOVIET UNION; WORLD WAR II; CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY

• Publisher: Vojenský historický ústav Bratislava
• Journal: Vojenská história
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 48 - 73

Contributors

author

Jozef Bystrický

• Vojenský historický ústav, Krajná 27, 821 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic