Bedřich Neumann (3 April 1891Matriční záznam o narození a křtu Bedřicha Neumanna
farnost Pchery – 15 July 1964) was a Czechoslovak general. He served in the

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

and in the

Czechoslovak Legion The Czechoslovak Legion ( Czech: ''Československé legie''; Slovak: ''Československé légie'') were volunteer armed forces consisting predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting on the side of the Entente powers during World War I and the ...

s in Russia, then in the World War II he became an important member of the Obrana národa resistance organisation and chief of staff to the Czechoslovak Army in exile, gaining the nicknames "Miroslav" and "Bohuš Miroslav" whilst in exile during that conflict. After the 1948 Communist coup in Czechoslovakia he became a political exile, dying in London sixteen years later.

Life

Born in Třebichovice, he served in the World War I and then rose to the rank of Major in the

s in Russia, serving with them from 1916 to 1918.Databáze VÚA, záznam vojáka: Neumann Bedřich
/ref> After returning to his homeland, which had become

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

, he joined the new nation's army and held various command roles within it, culminating in that of Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1931–1935) and the rank of Brigadier General (1933). He was then put in command of 5th Division in

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

(30 September 1935 – 1939).

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Struktura Obrany národa
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PhDr. Zdeněk Vališ o Bedřichu Neumannovi
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Válka.cz, divisní generál Bedřich Neumann
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