Účasť súkromných stavebných firiem na fortifikačnom procese na Slovensku v 30. rokoch 20. storočia

Participation of private construction building companies in the fortification process in Slovakia in the 1930s

Autor: CHORVÁT Peter

CHORVÁT, Peter: Účasť súkromných stavebných firiem na fortifikačnom procese na Slovensku v 30. rokoch 20. storočia. 

CHORVÁT, Peter: Participation of private construction building companies in the fortification process in Slovakia in the 1930s.

Vojenská história, 1, 16, 2012, pp 97-108.

The author of the published paper highlights the process of building permanent fortifications throughout the Czechoslovak Republic (CZSR) in the years 1935 – 1938, in which private companies played an irreplaceable, key role. This was prompted especially by the enormous extent of fortifications works to be carried out across the entire country. The construction of heavily and lightly fortified iron-concrete buildings, as well as of other fortifications, was awarded to private companies after public tenders. Due to Slovakia’s total area, approximately twenty-five companies from Bohemia, Slovakia and Sub-Carpathian Russia became involved in building fortifications. The author highlights the fact that the construction of the extensive fortifications in Slovakia attracted, besides construction companies, also subcontractors. Just as it was during the construction of other fortification facilities in the history of the Czechoslovak Republic, the building of defences required delivering a lot of wood, supplied by wood-processing companies. The fortification scheme was indirectly connected, for example, with the provision of cooked food for workers at the building sites.

Key words: Military history. Slovakia Inter-war period. Fortification process in Slovakia.   

Ročník: 16 | Číslo: 1/2012 | Stránky: 97-108