Tomáš Řepa

• University of Defence

The article focuses on the military-political reports of the Military Office of the President of the Czechoslovak Republic from 1936 and builds on the previous article dealing with 1935, which was conceived in a similar way and is a direct continuation.1 Czechoslovak-Polish relations in the interwar period were far from ideal. However, there were m...

The aim of this study is to present the investigation of the Sázava affair, which has been underreported, even though it was a relatively important political affair that illustrates the radicalisation of Czechoslovak society in the 1920s. The study focuses on the description of the actual ambush of a high official of the Ministry of National Defenc...

The article focuses on the military and political reports of the Military Office of the President of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1935. The relations between Czechoslovakia and Poland in the interwar period were not ideal for a number of reasons, yet there were mutual contacts, one of which was the work of the diplomatic corps and military attachés...

The article focuses on ethnic removals as the aftermath of the outcome of World War II. The removal of the nations of Eastern Europe, especially Ukrainians and Poles, had irreversibly altered the ethnic circumstances or security situation of many states except Czechoslovakia. The transfers of inhabitants and the transformation of the frontiers wher...

The army has been essential to secure state sovereignty for Czechoslovakia since October 1918. The new Czechoslovak border was secured by units of the newly formed army, especially at the German border, near Cieszyn and Slovakia. The army was significantly shaped by the French military mission in Czechoslovakia. However, domestic military thinking...

The guarantor of the state’s defence against threats from the outside is always the country’s army. The armed forces of Czechoslovakia (including Czech and Slovak Republic) in the 20th century fulfilled this role even in moments when it was far from certain whether it would be possible to defend the very existence of a state surrounded by neighbou...

The study focuses on the process of passing the Act on National Defence in 1936. The speeches made by the members of the National Assembly and the Senate during the discussion of the National Defence Act capture the atmosphere of the difficult and critical period for national security in which this important law was discussed – the opinions of indi...

After the end of the Second World War, Czechoslovakia was a country at a crossroads. The communists tried to take control of key institutions of the state, including the army. In doing so, a number of illegalities were committed. After the coup in February 1948, this was followed by the adoption of legislation by the already totalitarian state. A s...