Radola Gajda
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Radola Gajda, born as Rudolf Geidl was a Czech military commander and politician.
Radola Gajda in 1933
Grave of Radola Gajda in Prague (2003), damaged by vandals in April 2007
Czechoslovak Legion
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The Czechoslovak Legion were volunteer armed forces consisting predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting on the side of the Entente powers during World War I and the White Army during the Russian C
Radola Gajda
…1916, Gajda escaped into Russia where he joined a Serbian battalion as a physician. At the end of 1916 the battalion was destroyed and Gajda joined the Czechoslovak Legions (30 January 1917) as a staff captain. Gajda proved himself as an able commander in the Battle of Zborov and quickly rose through the military hierarchy…
"Prague to Its Victorious Sons", a monument to the Czechoslovak Legions at Palacký Square
Memorial to the Czechoslovaks in the battle of Zborov at Blansko, Czech Republic
A memorial plaque to the Battle of Bakhmach in Olomouc
Czechoslovak Legions in France