K návrhom na vytvorenie domobrany na Slovensku v roku 1991

On Proposals for Creating Home Guard in Slovakia in 1991

Autor: BAKA Igor

BAKA, Igor: K návrhom na vytvorenie domobrany na Slovensku v roku 1991

BAKA, Igor: On Proposals for Creating Home Guard in Slovakia in 1991.

Vojenská história, 2, 17, 2013, pp. 171-184.

 

The published study is focused on the issue ofproposals for creating a military or semi-military

organization in Slovakia in the 1990’s, aimed at meeting the security tasks. The problem ofproposals

for creating a “Home Guard” is considered at two layers by the author. Firstly, in the layer of

proposals and opinions of several representatives of the then political scene, where this armed force

resonated mostly as a certain supplement to the security and military forces, and secondly in the

layer of nationally oriented section of the CS Army in Slovakia, united in the Slovak Soldiers’

Association, underlining especially the military sense of the Home Guard establishment. Thereby, it is

correctly reported that, in the situation of inadequate representation of professional soldiers of

Slovak nationality at the command positions of the CS Army and slow progress of its new

organizational structure formation, as well as dislocation configuration in Slovakia, the requirement

for establishing a Home Guard could have been — and in certain circles also was — considered as a

path for creating an independent Slovak Army. Author solves this issue considering broader

connections of the internal as well as international development. In conclusion of the study, he

observes the time-limited existence of Home Guard as a type of ground troops of the Army of the

Slovak Republic in the second half of 1990s.

Keywords: Military History. Slovakia. 1990s. Home Guard.

Ročník: 17 | Číslo: 2/2013 | Stránky: 171-184