Memorandum slovenských vojakov 1. československej samostatnej obrnenej brigády vo Veľkej Británii pre poľského ministra národnej obrany z roku 1943. (Slovensko-poľské vojenské kontakty za 2. svetovej vojny)

Memorandum of the Slovak Soldiers of 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armed Brigade in Great Britain Addrssed to Polish Minister of Defense

Autor: SEGEŠ Dušan

SEGEŠ, Dušan: Memorandum slovenských vojakov 1. československej samostatnej obrnenej brigády vo Veľkej Británii pre poľského ministra národnej obrany z roku 1943. (Slovensko-poľské vojenské kontakty za druhej svetovej vojny)

SEGEŠ, D.: Memorandum of the Slovak soldiers of 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armed Brigade in Great Britain for Polish Minister of Defense.

Vojenská história, 4, 12, 2008, pp. 35–62.

The study refers to an author’s article in Military History 3/2008. The author commences his study at the arrival of the soldiers of the Group of Czechoslovak Army in the Middle-East to Great Britain in the summer of 1943. It was the time when the resigning of Slovak soldiers from the Czechoslovak Army initiated and prepared then in Palestine and their immediate entrance into the Polish Military Forces was in its peak. In September 1943 the Slovak soldiers addressed the request of Memorandum to the Polish Minister of Defense Gen. Marian Kukiel on behalf of the group of 300 Slovak soldiers. The Czechoslovak military and defense authorities insisted on strong measures to be taken thereafter. The main aim of the measures was firstly to eliminate the propaganda activities of the unsatisfied Slovak soldiers in the Czechoslovak Army, and secondly to disqualify Peter Prídavok from his political activities by the British Defense Forces. He was the draughtsman and the main initiator of the Memorandum for the Minister Gen. Marian Kukiel, as well as the main representative of the opposition against the Czechoslovak government and the President Eduard Beneš, later on from 1944 the Head of the Slovak National Council.

Key words: Military History. Great Britain. World War Two. Slovaks. 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armed Brigade in Great Britain.     

Ročník: 12 | Číslo: 4/2008 | Stránky: 35–62