The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Army General Karel Klapálek

Klapálek, Karel

Army General

* 26th of May 1893

† 18th of November 1984

Promotions

1933-06-30 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-07 Colonel
1944-09-03 Brigadier-General
1945-06-11 Major-General
1947-02-19 Army General

Service

1935-XX-XX Attending the Commanders' Course, Prague
1937-11-XX 1938-09-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Regiment
1938-09-XX 1938-10-XX Commanding Officer 51st Infantry Regiment
1939-07-27 Retired
1940-05-16 Fled to the Middle East
1940-06-29 1940-11-01 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 4th Czechoslovakian Infantry Regiment [Middle East]
1940-11-01 1942-05-21 Commanding Officer 11th Czechoslovakian Infantry Battalion [Middle East]
1942-04-21 1943-08-26 Commanding Officer 200th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment [Middle East]
1943-09-XX 1944-03-29 Deputy Commanding Officer Independent Czechoslovakian Brigade [Great Britain]
1944-03-29 1944-08-XX Head of Department I, Ministry of National Defence [Great Britain]
1944-08-XX 1944-09-19 Attached to I Czechoslovakian Corps [Eastern Front]
1944-09-19 1945-02-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Independent Czechoslovakian Brigade [Eastern Front]
1945-04-06 1945-05-15 General Officer Commanding I Czechoslovakian Corps
1945-05-15 1945-05-25 General Officer Commanding 1st Czechoslovakian Army
1945-05-25 1950-04-XX General Officer Commanding 1st Military District
1947-XX-XX 1948-XX-XX Attending the Senior Commanders' Course, Prague
1951-02-01 Retired
1952-11-20 1954-11-XX Arrested
1954-11-XX Condemned to 6 years imprisonment
1956-04-XX Released
1956-05-XX Rehabilitated
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