1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union

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The 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union was a major World War II Czechoslovak military formation that fought alongside the Red Army on the Eastern Front, notably in battles such as Dukla Pass.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czechoslovak military formation
army corps
military unit
activePeriod 1943–1945
allegiance Czechoslovak government-in-exile
alliedWith Red Army
Soviet Union
branch land forces
commander Jan Kratochvíl
Karel Klapálek
Ludvík Svoboda
conflict World War II
country Czechoslovakia
decoratedWith Soviet military honors
disbanded 1945
engagedIn Prague Offensive
advance into Slovakia
crossing of the Dnieper
liberation of Czechoslovakia
established 1943
formedFrom 1st Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion
surface form: 1st Czechoslovak Independent Brigade in the USSR

1st Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion
formedIn Soviet Union
garrison Buzuluk (initial training area)
historicalSignificance first large Czechoslovak field formation on the Eastern Front
symbol of Czechoslovak-Soviet military cooperation in World War II
languageOfCommand Czech
Slovak
nationalComposition Rusyns
surface form: Carpatho-Ukrainians

Czechs
Jews
Rusyns
Slovaks
Soviet citizens of Czechoslovak origin
Volhynian Czechs
notableBattle Kiev offensive (1943)
surface form: Battle of Kiev (1943)

Battle of the Dukla Pass
Battle of the White Carpathians
Carpathian-Dukla Offensive
surface form: Carpathian–Dukla Offensive
partOf 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
surface form: Czechoslovak Armed Forces in the USSR

Czechoslovak Army
purpose fight alongside the Red Army against Nazi Germany
role ground forces
subordinateTo 1st Ukrainian Front
4th Ukrainian Front
Red Army
theatre Eastern Front

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Czechoslovak Army notableUnit 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
Prague Offensive belligerent 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps
4th Ukrainian Front hadComponent 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps
Battle of the Dukla Pass belligerent 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
Carpathian-Dukla Offensive belligerent 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: First Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
Carpathian-Dukla Offensive participatingUnit 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: First Czechoslovak Army Corps
Moravian–Ostrava offensive involvedUnit 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps
1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union partOf 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Armed Forces in the USSR