Na margo menovania generála Viesta za veliteľa povstaleckej armády na Slovensku (I. časť)

On the Appointment of gen. Viest as the Commander of the Insurgent army in Slovakia (Part I.)

Autor: BAKA Igor

BAKA, Igor: Na margo menovania generála Viesta za veliteľa povstaleckej armády na Slovensku (I. časť)

BAKA, Igor: On the Appointment of gen. Viest as the Commander of the Insurgent army in Slovakia (Part I.).

Vojenská história, 24, 4, 2020, pp. 38-57

Div. gen. Rudolf Viest belonged to the central personalities of SNU. In spite ofthat, his mission and activity as the commander of the insurgent army were not processed comprehensively to this day. There are still many guestions about his appointment into this function as well as his arrival to the insurgent territory. Until this day, the guestion why was his arrival delayed until 7 October 1944 provokes speculations. This is in spite of the fact that the insurgent command urged him basically since the beginning of September. The military historians did not even deal sufficiently with the systematic denigration of Vies" position by the pre-1989 Marxist historiography. In his contribution, the author tried to sum up the knowledge about the issue in question and explain all the relevant causes and context of the appointment of gen. Viest the commander of the insurgent army as well as the questions related to the delay of his arrival to the insurgent territory.

Keywords: Military history. World War 2. General Viest — Commander of the insurgent army in Slovakia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2020.24.4.3

Ročník: 24 | Číslo: 4/2020 | Stránky: 38-57