Alois Liška

Alois Liska ( born November 20, 1895 in Zaborci, today part of Mala Skala, † February 7, 1977 in London), was a Czech general, commander of the Czechoslovak independent armored brigade in the Second World War.

Life

In 1915 Alois Liska made ​​his military service in the Austrian army. In 1916, he ran over to the Russian army. He was interned until he could enter the Formative to Czechoslovak Legion. He returned to Czechoslovakia in the autumn of 1920 with the last transport of the Russian Legion. As a professional soldier, he served with the 51st Artillery Battalion in Stara Boleslav, where he was promoted to commander Plukovník and this association was.

While the general mobilization in September 1938, which was facing the threat of aggression proclaimed after the Munich Agreement by the German Empire, it the command of the artillery of the 1st Division was transferred fast. After the occupation of Czechoslovakia and the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Liska 1940 went abroad, where he served in various combat units of the Czechoslovak army in exile. In France, he commanded a short time the 1st Artillery Battalion, after France's surrender, he came to Britain, where he led the artillery of the 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Brigade ( 1 Československé smíšená Brigáda ) led as commander before he appointed commander of the September 1, 1943 newly formed Czechoslovak independent armored brigade ( Československé samostatná obrněná Brigáda ) was appointed. With this brigade he was commissioned in August 1944 with the siege of the French port city of Dunkirk, where he also some Canadian, British and French units were subordinated.

After the surrender of Dunkirk on 9 May 1945 Alois Liska returned with the task force in Czechoslovakia, where he was promoted to General of the Army. After the communist coup in February 1948, he was released along with the majority of the fighting on the Western Front soldiers from the army and placed under the supervision of Homeland Security. 1948 emigrated Liska for the third time and lived in London, where he died in 1977.

Swell

  • Jaromír JerMar, Armádní Generál Alois Liska, biography of the server " Československé obec Legionářská " ( Czechoslovak Legionary Community), online at: CSOL - mb.net / ...
  • General (Czech Republic)
  • Military person (Czechoslovakia)
  • Born in 1895
  • Died in 1977
  • Man
  • Czechoslovak
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