Česká a slovenská legie

Czech and Slovak legion

also: foreign military group of czechoslovakia in Poland, Polish legion, czechoslovak legion, the Czech and Slovak legion.
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The commander of the group of: por. J. Kalata, lieutenant. J. King, arm. gen Lion was Running away, colonel. Ludvik Svoboda
Infantry battalion: škpt. C. Novak
Artillery section: škpt. F. Maštalíř
Squadron: škpt. E. Siskin
Replacement section: škpt. J. Felix






Source: Military history of Czechoslovakia, IV. part, Our troops, Prague, 1988.
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Add. the name of the drive as it still appears several variants of the name čs. units in Poland - I'll take you to the aid of the decree of the president of Poland, who was the only one who could authorise the formation of the czechoslovak. units on the territory of the republic of Poland.

the DECREE of the PRESIDENT of the REPUBLIC of POLAND OF 3. SEPTEMBER 1939 TO FORM THE CZECH AND SLOVAK LEGION.

On the basis of or. 63 paragraph. l constitutional law and the or. 4, para. l the decree of the president of the republic of Poland of 1. September 1939 on the exercise of the supreme command over the military power, the organization of major military commands and civilian commissioners - from the moment he was appointed commander in chief (Dz. In.R.P. no. 86 pole. 543), I'm ordering this:

Article l
In the face of attack of the main enemy of all slavic nations of the Polish republic and in the understanding of the great tragedy of the nation of the Czech and Slovak, utlačených the German occupation, to give these nations the chance to free to own their wartime actions, formed on the territory of the republic of Poland legion of Czech and Slovak.

Article 2

The legion will be a part of the army of the Polish and will give way to the high command, which in anything does not diminish their national differences.

Article 3
The legion of the Czech and Slovak will join as volunteers as citizens of the Polish, so persons not having Polish nationality nationality Czech or Slovak, in which service in the legion does not have legal consequences for their nationality.

Article 4
The implementation of this decree shall be entrusted to the minister of military affairs.

the President of the republic of Poland: IGNACY MOŠCICKI
The minister of military affairs: division general TADEUSZ KASPRZYCKI
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