Richard Tesařík (3 December 1915 – 27 March 1967) was a Czechoslovak officer (Major General in 1956) and World War II hero. First commander of infantry platoon in the

battle of Sokolovo The Battle of Sokolovo took place on 8 and 9 March 1943, near the village of Sokolovo ( uk, Соколове, ''Sokolove'') near Kharkiv in Ukraine when the ongoing attack of the was delayed by joint Soviet and Czechoslovak forces. It was the fi ...

(1943), later a commander of the tank battalion he fought in the Battle of Kiev (1943) in the battles of Dukla Pass (1944) and

Ostrava operation Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...

(1945). He was also a Hero of the Soviet Union.

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