The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Army General Heliodor Píka

Píka, Heliodor

Army General

* 3rd of July 1897

† 21st of June 1949

Promotions

1933-02-10 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-01-22 Colonel (Seniority from 1938-01-01)
1943-12-10 Brigadier-General
1945-10-02 Major-General (Seniority from 1945-08-01)
1946-10-26 Major-General (Seniority from 1944-05-01)
1991-12-02 Army General (Posthumously)

Service

1932-09-01 1936-11-30 Military Attaché to Romania and Turkey
1936-11-30 1937-09-30 Attached to 2nd Armoured Cars Regiment
1937-09-30 Chief of Group C, Section 1, General Staff
1939-03-29 Went into exile
1941-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Head of the Czechoslovakian Military Mission to Soviet Union
1945-10-28 1947-01-01 First Vice Chief of the General Staff
1947-01-01 1948-02-03 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1948-02-03 1948-05-05 On leave
1948-05-05 1949-01-29 Arrested
1949-01-29 Condemned to death
1949-06-21 Executed
1968-12-XX Rehabilitated
Picture source: https://www.extrastory.cz/images/2019/6-cerven/06-3/pika-06.jpg