Ján Nálepka – dôstojník slovenskej armády v rokoch 1939 – 1943

Ján Nálepka — Slovak Army Officer in 1939-1943

Autor: BYSTRICKÝ Jozef

BYSTRICKÝ, Jozef: Ján Nálepka – dôstojník slovenskej armády v rokoch 1939 – 1943

BYSTRICKÝ, Jozef: Ján Nálepka — Slovak Army Officer in 1939-1943.

Vojenská história, 3,17, 2013, pp. 136-164.

Based on a long-term archival research in home and foreign specialized archives, the author has collected and processed a unigue set of seventeen as yet unpublished contemporary documents, which meticulously explain the course of the outstanding military service of the infantry captain Jan Nalepka, a notable personality of the Slovak military history. The material examined starts with the basic outline of the life story of Jan Nálepka, from the entry into the Czechoslovak armed forces in 1934; continues with interpretation of the most important milestones of Nalepka’s military service after the origin of the Slovak Republic in March 1939 and ends with his tragic death, already as the commander of the Czechoslovak partisan detachment of the partisan unit of gen. A. N. Saburov in liberating the Ukrainian town of Ovruč on November 16%, 1943. The author did not omit to name the most important honours awarded after the World War Two to the present day, in recognition of his participation in national fight for liberation.

Keywords: Military History. Slovakia. World War II. Ján Nálepka.

Ročník: 17 | Číslo: 3/2013 | Stránky: 136-164