Predstavy najvyšších vojenských predstaviteľov čs. londýnskej emigrácie z jari 1945 na riešenie tzv. slovenskej otázky v čs. brannej moci

Ideas of the top military representatives of the CS London emigration from the spring of 1945 about the solution of the so-called Slovak question in the Czechoslovak Armed Forces

Autor: MASKALÍK Alex

MASKALÍK, Alex: Predstavy najvyšších vojenských predstaviteľov čs. londýnskej emigrácie z jari 1945 na riešenie tzv. slovenskej otázky v čs. brannej moci

MASKALÍK, Alex: Ideas of the top military representatives of the CS London emigration from the spring of 1945 about the solution of the so-called Slovak question in the Czechoslovak Armed Forces.

Vojenská história, 26, 3, 2022, pp. 119-144.

The documents published by the author plastically reflect on the stark pragmatism of the top military representatives of the CS London emigration on the so called Slovak Question in the CS Armed Forces in the spring of 1945. This ultimately defined the actions of its top political leaders in dealing with it. Its military-political context and the most important nuances associated therewith were first attempted to be comprehensively formulated by the Chief of the Czechoslovak Military Mission in the USSR, General Heliodor Pika. His report on the necessity of a compromise solution to the issue in question was successively commented on by the Head of the Military Office of the President of the Republic, General Oldrich Spaniel, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces, General Jan Sergej Ingr. The reactions of the acting Minister of National Defence and at the same time the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jan Masaryk, were a synthesis thereof to a large extent.

Key words: Military history, World War 2. And post-war period, solving of the so-called Slovak Question in the CS Armed Forces in the spring of 1945

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2022.26.3.6

Ročník: 26 | Číslo: 3/2022 | Stránky: 119-144