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
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History
In the fi ...
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minister
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** Minister (Catholic Church)
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** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...
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
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politician in exile during the
Cold War
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Decorations
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1892 births
1963 deaths
Politicians from Ostrava
Czech generals
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
Burials at Munich Waldfriedhof