Lev Prchala

Lev Prchala
Lev Prchala
Born(1892-03-23)23 March 1892
Slezská Ostrava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died11 June 1963(1963-06-11) (aged 71)
Feldbach, Austria
AllegianceCzechoslovakia
RankArmy General (Czechoslovakia)
Battles / warsWorld War I

Lev Prchala (23 March 1892 – 11 June 1963) was a Czech military officer, legionary commander during the World War I, general of the Czechoslovak Army, minister of the Voloshyn's autonomous government of Carpathian Ruthenia in 1939, commander of the Czechoslovak Legion in Poland during the German invasion of Poland and anti-communist politician in exile during the Cold War.[1][2][3][4]

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