The Generals of WWII
Generals from Czechoslovakia
Svoboda, Ludvik
General
* 25th of November 1895
† 20th of September 1979
Promotions
| 1937-01-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-09-05 | Colonel |
| 1943-12-20 | Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1941-10-28) |
| 1945-05-10 | Major-General (Seniority from 1944-10.28) |
| 1945-08-01 | Army General (Seniority from 1945-05-12) |
Service
| 1937-01-01 | – | 1939-03-15 | Commanding Officer Replacement Battalion, 14th Infantry Brigade |
| 1939-03-15 | Retired | ||
| 1939-06-05 | Fled to Poland | ||
| 1939-09-XX | Commanding Officer Czechoslovakian Group in Krakov, Czechoslovakian Legion [Poland] | ||
| 1939-09-XX | – | 1941-XX-XX | Interned by the the Soviets |
| 1941-XX-XX | Released | ||
| 1942-07-15 | – | 1943-05-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Czechoslovakian Half Battalion [Eastern Front] |
| 1943-05-XX | – | 1944-09-11 | Commanding Officer 1st Independent Czechoslovakian Brigade [Eastern Front) |
| 1944-09-11 | – | 1945-04-04 | General Officer Commanding I Czechoslovakian Corps [Eastern Front] |
| 1945-04-04 | – | 1950-04-XX | Minister of Defence |
| 1945-04-12 | – | 1950-04-XX | Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces |
| 1950-04-XX | – | 1951-09-XX | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 1950-04-XX | – | 1951-09-XX | Chairman of the Czechoslovakian State Committee for Physical Education & Sport |
| 1951-09-XX | Retired | ||
| 1951-11-XX | – | 1952-12-XX | Arrested |
| 1954-12-XX | Recalled | ||
| 1954-12-XX | – | 1958-08-15 | Commandant of the Military Academy, Prague |
| 1959-03-XX | Retired | ||
| 1968-03-30 | – | 1975-05-29 | President of Czechoslovakia |
Picture source: Courtesy of Lukáš Binder