Svoboda, Ludvík
- Date of birth:
- November 25th, 1895 (Hroznatín/Moravia, AustriaHungary)
- Date of death:
- September 20th, 1979 (Prague, Czechoslovakia)
- Buried on:
- Municipal Cemetery Kromeriz
- Nationality:
- Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)
Biography
Ludvík Svoboda, a veteran from the First World War, was the commander of the Czechoslovakian forces in the east during the Second World War. He became the president of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
07.1942 - 06.1943: 1st Czechoslovak Field Battalion
07.1943 - 10.09.1944: 1st Czechoslovak Independent Brigade
10.09.1944 - 08.03.1945: 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps
05.04.1945 - XX-04.1950: Defence minister
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Cross of St. George IV class
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1917
Orden Lenina (1936-1943)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Podpolkovnik (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky polni prapor (1st Czechoslovak Field Battalion)
- Awarded on:
- April 26th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Podpolkovnik (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky polni prapor (1st Czechoslovak Field Battalion)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Divizni general (Divisional General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Divizni general (Divisional General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Divizní generál (Division General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- August 10th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Ceskoslovenský vojenský rád Bilého lva "Za vítezství" Star 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Orden narodnog heroja
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1946
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1946
Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1947
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1947
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- 1948
Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic - 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1950
Order of Klement Gottwald
- Awarded on:
- 1959
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- 1. ceskoslovensky armadni sbor (1st Czechoslovak Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- November 24th, 1965
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Awarded on:
- November 24th, 1965
Goes with Gold Star
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 24th, 1965
- Awarded on:
- 1969
- Awarded on:
- April 30th, 1970
- Awarded on:
- April 30th, 1970
- Awarded on:
- 1970
- Awarded on:
- 1970
Commemorative Order 2,500 years of the Iranian Empire
- Awarded on:
- October 14th, 1971
- Awarded on:
- May 30th, 1975
- Awarded on:
- May 30th, 1975
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- - Armádní generál Ludvík Svoboda: trojnásobný hrdina Českosloven. Socialist. Republiky a hrdina Sovět. Svazu (1987)
- Герой Советского Союза Свобода Людвик :: Герои страны
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