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A preserved fence with watchtower near Čížov (2009). The protection of borders between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) and several of the capitalist countries of Western Europe, namely with West Germany and Austria, in the Cold War era and especially after 1951, was provided by special troops of the Pohraniční Stráž (English: the Border Guard) and a system of engineer ...
State Defense Guard (in Czech Stráž obrany státu, SOS, in Slovak Stráž obrany štátu) was a military service established in 1936 to protect borders of Czechoslovakia. From 1918 to 1936 border of Czechoslovakia was protected by "finance guard" (finanční stráž), an armed branch of the Ministry of Finance. Their main task was to carry on ...
Reactivated Czechoslovak blockhouse and watch tower of the border guard near Šatov. From 1946 to 1964, Czechoslovakia built fortifications along the south and south-western frontier, on the common border with the capitalist countries of West Germany and Austria.
Czechoslovak border fortifications; General military – amateur historical groups site (in Czech) Czechoslovak border fortifications – large database of bunkers (in Czech) Czechoslovak defenses – database of heavy fortification objects (in Czech) Czechoslovak light fortifications – with an extensive summary in English (in Czech)
In response to this, the Czechoslovak secret police, also known by the Czech acronym StB, set up parts of the country's border fortifications about 50 km away from the actual border with the American occupation zone in West Germany. The idea of using a false border to catch defecting refugees has been traced to Antonín Prchal, a colonel of the ...
The Advanced School of the National Security Corps, which occupied a large complex of buildings in Prague, granted academic degrees to the SNB and the Border Guard, also part of the Ministry of Interior. [1] The VB performed routine police functions at all levels from federal to local. [1]
On March 15, 2024, 50 Louisiana National Guard personnel arrived in Texas to support the state’s border security operation. Louisiana is one of multiple states to send national guard members to ...
Czechoslovakia–Poland border (2 C, 2 P) S. Slovakia–Ukraine border (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Borders of Czechoslovakia" ... State Defense Guard (Czechoslovakia)