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Military Technical Museum Lešany (Czech: Vojenské technické muzeum Lešany) is a museum of military vehicles located in Lešany in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is part of the Military History Institute Prague together with Kbely Aviation Museum and Army Museum Žižkov . [ 1 ]
Its uniforms were based on those of the defunct Czechoslovak Army, using rank insignia from the former Austrian Army. [ 16 ] The Government Army's only decoration was an Achievement Badge created in 1944 and awarded in three classes for "repeated assistance to the German forces".
A museum has been created there. [citation needed] Many of the open museums are located between Ostrava and Opava, with more being near the town of Králíky near Kłodzk close to the present Polish border, which had been the German border before World War II. Of the nine artillery forts that were either completed or under construction by ...
Český Šternberk Castle (castle museum) Italian Court (castle museum) Kačina (castle museum) Karlštejn (castle museum) Konopiště (castle museum) Křivoklát Castle (castle museum) Military museum Lešany (museum of military vehicles) Mining Museum Příbram (museum of mining) Škoda Auto Museum (auto museum) Stranov (castle museum)
Pages in category "Military and war museums in the Czech Republic" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Hlučín-Darkovičky Czechoslovak Fortification Complex (Czech: Areál československého opevnění Hlučín-Darkovičky) is an exhibition of 1930's military fortifications in Hlučín-Darkovičky, Czech Republic. The forts MO S-18 "Obora", MO S-19 "Alej" and MO S-20 "Orel" are parts of the exhibition. [1]
The army was disbanded following the German takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1939. During World War II, the Czechoslovak Army was recreated in exile, first in the form of the new Czechoslovak Legion fighting alongside Poland during the invasion of Poland, and then in the form of forces loyal to the London-based Czechoslovak government-in-exile.
The Czech Armed Forces (Czech: Armáda České republiky, lit. 'the Army of the Czech Republic'), also known as the Czech Army, is the military service responsible for the defence of the Czech Republic as part of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (Czech: ozbrojené síly České republiky) [11] alongside the Military Office of the President of the Republic and the Castle Guard. [12]