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Valčík, Josef

Date of birth:
November 2nd, 1914 (Valašské Klobouky, Czechoslovakia)
Date of death:
June 18th, 1942 (Prague, Czechoslovakia)
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 16th, 1942
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1942
Awarded for:
Operation Anthropoid

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
October 20th, 1945
Awarded for:
Operation Anthropoid

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
1949

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenský vojenský rád
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
1968

Posthumously awarded
Řád rudé zástavy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
2010

Posthumously awarded
Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic

Sources

  • Photo 1: HMSO (Public Domain)
  • - Dal signál k atentátu na Heydricha. Životní příběh parašutisty Josefa Valčíka (1993)