Legionáři s lipovou ratolestí IV. - Tváře československé armády - 16 generálů-legionářů – Stehlík Eduard (2018)

The book maps the life stories of another sixteen former legionary commanders (Div. Gen. Karel VOŽENÍLEK, Brig. Gen. Antonín Mikuláš ČÍLA, Brig. Gen. Ing. Jaroslav MATIČKA, Div. Gen. Bohuslav VŠETIČKA, Div. Gen. Oleg SVÁTEK, Gen. Rudolf MEDEK, Gen. JUDr. Robert VOBRÁTILEK, Brig. Gen. František KRYŠTOF, Brig. Gen. Karel HAŠEK, Div. Gen. František HORÁČEK, Sbor. Gen. Jan KRATOCHVÍL, Arm. Gen. Karel KLAPÁLEK, Div. Gen. Oldřich ŠPANIEL, Brig. Gen. Jaroslav LISÝ, Brig. Gen. Josef SVATOŇ, Brig. Gen. Rudolf SMETÁNKA). Among them are commanders of combat units, technicians, and military educators. They fought in Serbian units, in Czechoslovak legions in Russia, France, and Italy, and later achieved the rank of Czechoslovak general. Two of them are honored posthumously. Most of them significantly participated in the anti-Nazi resistance, both on the home front and abroad. In addition to the descriptions of their fates, the book features nearly 200 photographs and introduces key moments in the formation of our legions in Russia, France, and Italy, as well as significant battles that Czechoslovak legionnaires went through.