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The Czechoslovak People's Army (Czech: Československá lidová armáda, Slovak: Československá ľudová armáda, ČSLA) was the armed forces of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1954 [1] until 1989.
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.
At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the Czechoslovak People's Army structure was as follows. [1] The details are based on the Czech Ministerstvo narodni obrany website, which lists all units of the Czechoslovak People's Army in existence between 1950 and 1990, with their location, subordination, equipment and changes over time.
Czechoslovak People's Army (1951-1952) Vrchní velitel branné moci: Armádní generál: Sborový generál: Divisní generál: Brigádní generál: Plukovník: Podplukovník: Major: Štábní kapitán: Kapitán: Nadporučík: Poručík: Podporučík: Czechoslovak People's Army (1953-1959) [6] Vrchní velitel branné moci: Armádní generál ...
From 1954 [21] until 1989, the Army was known as the Czechoslovak People's Army (ČSLA). [22] Although the ČSLA, as formed in 1945, included both Soviet- and British-equipped/trained expatriate troops, the "Western" soldiers had been purged from the ČSLA after 1948 when the communists took power.
The type of Corps is being distinguished by lapel badges on display uniforms, and also, to a degree, by the colour of the military beret. The current appearance of the rank insignia of the Czech Armed Forces has its origins in the Czechoslovak Military of the First Czechoslovak Republic, where that form has been introduced during the 1930s. [1]
"Prague to Its Victorious Sons", a monument to the Czechoslovak Legions at Palacký Square. The Czechoslovak Legion (Czech: Československé legie; Slovak: Československé légie) were volunteer armed forces consisting predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks [1] fighting on the side of the Entente powers during World War I and the White Army during the Russian Civil War until November 1919.
Three variants of the coat of arms of Czechoslovakia were adopted in 1920 along with the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920.After creation of the Second Czechoslovak Republic in 1938 all versions legally remained official, although state power and the government used chiefly the middle version, as to emphasize new autonomous federal regime and abandonment of the concept of Czechoslovakism.