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Slovakia during World War II: 1939–1945: Slovak Republic: 1939–1945: Slovak National Uprising: 1944: Slovaks in Czechoslovakia: 1948–1989: Slovak Socialist Republic: 1969–1990: Velvet Revolution: 1989: Post-revolution Czechoslovakia: 1989–1992: Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: 1993
The Shop on Main Street is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film [50] about the Aryanization program during World War II in the Slovak Republic. The film won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , [ 51 ] and actress Ida Kamińska was nominated one year later for Best Actress in a Leading Role . [ 52 ]
The main task of Heimatschutz was to protect the German minority in Slovakia against possible partisan attacks, so they started arming their members. Karmasin's plan failed however because the Slovak national uprising exploded earlier than expected on August 29, 1944, and in some cases the weapons intended for arming the Heimatschutz members ...
The Hlinka Guard had previously assaulted Jews in public during the first years of the regime, enriched itself through the process of "Aryanization" (confiscation of Jewish-owned businesses and property), and participated in the forcible roundups that sent two-thirds of Slovakia's Jews to death camps in 1942.
The Slovak Expeditionary Army Group of about 45,000 men entered the Soviet Union shortly after the German attack.This army lacked logistic and transportation support, so a much smaller unit, the Slovak Mobile Command under command of Rudolf Pilfousek (a.k.a. the Pilfousek Brigade), was formed from units selected from this force; the rest of the Slovak army was relegated to rear-area security duty.
Freiwillige Schutzstaffel ('Voluntary Protection Corps', abbreviated FS) was a paramilitary organization in the World War II Slovak Republic. [1] FS was founded in late 1938. [2] Modelled on the German Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Allgemeine SS, FS organized members of the German community in Slovakia.
Pages in category "Military history of Slovakia during World War II" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Slovak Air Force (1939–1945) ...
The Bratislava–Brno offensive was an offensive conducted by the Red Army in western Slovak Republic and south Moravia towards the end of World War II.The offensive was held between 25 March and 5 May 1945 using the forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front to capture the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, and the capital of Moravia, Brno.