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    The Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions or Flying Squads of the Hlinka Guard (Slovak: Pohotovostné oddiely Hlinkovej gardy, POHG) were Slovak paramilitary...
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    took over and shaped the Hlinka Guard to suit its own purposes. Special units of the guard (Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions – POHG) were employed against...
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    Special units of the guard (Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions – POHG) were employed against partisans and Jews. The Hlinka Guard was known for its participation...
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    19 February 1945 in Kremnička and Nemecká, Slovakia by the Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions and Einsatzkommando 14 following the suppression of the Slovak...
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    thousands were murdered in Slovakia by Einsatzgruppe H and the Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions. After liberation by the Red Army, survivors faced renewed...
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    Deffner and carried out with the cooperation of a troop from the Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions (POHG). An important task of Einsatzgruppe H was to arrest...
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    He was placed on his stomach in the back of the van and taken to the emergency room at Bulovka Hospital. A splenectomy was performed and the chest wound...
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    transferred to the back of the truck on his stomach and taken to the emergency room at Bulovka Hospital. A Dr. Slanina packed the chest wound, while...
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    the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Czechoslovak Infantry Division in France (1re division d'infanterie tchécoslovaque en France). Three months later...
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    34th infantry regiment "Marksman Jan Čapek" in Opava, where he served at guard battalion stationed in Jakartovice. Here, Kubiš reached promotion to platoon...
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    countries refused to allow the Soviet army to use their territories. An emergency meeting of the main European powers–not including Czechoslovakia, although...
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    Army Corps 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division Axis Freiwillige Schutzstaffel Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions Government Army Slovak Air Force Slovak...
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  • Army Corps 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division Axis Freiwillige Schutzstaffel Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions Government Army Slovak Air Force Slovak...
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    He was placed on his stomach in the back of the van and taken to the emergency room at Bulovka Hospital. A splenectomy was performed, and the chest wound...
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    despite the protectorate having its own postage stamps and presidential guard, real power lay with the Nazi authorities. The population of the protectorate...
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    shortages in the Czech lands). Czechoslovakia had fielded a modern army of 35 divisions and was a major manufacturer of machine guns, tanks, and artillery, most...
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    Army Corps 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division Axis Freiwillige Schutzstaffel Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions Government Army Slovak Air Force Slovak...
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    Army Corps 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division Axis Freiwillige Schutzstaffel Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions Government Army Slovak Air Force Slovak...
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    Slovak territory by members of the Einsatzgruppe H and the Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions. Deportations continued until March 31, 1945, when the last...
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    scene in Slovakia and with negative events like the formation of the Hlinka Guard and seditious anti-Czech propaganda. As a Slovak with the highest position...
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    the offensive the 7th Guards Army, in a surprise night attack, broke through defenses of German 153rd and 357th Infantry Divisions on the river Hron. The...
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    joinery products, toys, clothing, and other goods. It was guarded by the Hlinka Guard, and from March 1944 by the Slovak gendarmerie. During the first wave...
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    Army Corps 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division Axis Freiwillige Schutzstaffel Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions Government Army Slovak Air Force Slovak...
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  • seven-month existence, Einsatzgruppe H collaborated closely with the Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions and arrested 18,937 people, of whom at least 2,257 were murdered;...
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    Army Corps 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division Axis Freiwillige Schutzstaffel Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions Government Army Slovak Air Force Slovak...
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    September 1897. He entered the Prussian Army in 1916 and served with the 7th Guards Infantry Regiment. He served on the Eastern Front. In October 1917, he attended...
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    Army Corps (Ludvík Svoboda) Elements of 4th Ukrainian Front: Soviet 1st Guards Army (Andrei Grechko) Army Group Heinrici 1st Panzer Army (Gotthard Heinrici)...
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    of appeals to the police and gendarmerie requesting aid in fighting SS guards inside the radio building. A detachment of Government Army policemen responded...
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  • Czechoslovak Mixed Brigade in July 1940 from remnants of the 1st Czechoslovak Division serving in the French Army) converted to armour and was renamed the 1st...
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    Czechoslovak army on French territory. Ultimately, units of the First Division of the Czechoslovak Army fought alongside their hosts in the final stages...
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