Army of Böhmen und Mähren.

Foreign volunteers, collaboration and Axis Allies 1939-1945.

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Henrik Andersson
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Army of Böhmen und Mähren.

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Böhmen und Mähren hade a small army. 7000 soldier. But i havd enver see photos ore picutres of them.
Where can i finde photos?
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Re: Army of Böhmen und Mähren.

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Henrik...ditto LOL It's not at all the most common of photographic subjects!

However....THIS

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate ... %26hl%3Den

...would make me think that for a couple of years at least they still wore their old Czech uniforms? :wink:

BUT...after a while this seems to have begun to change...OR of course maybe it was just the "occupation" forces that wore German uniforms....

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Re: Army of Böhmen und Mähren.

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Ah! Just come across THIS....

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Mind you....look at the caption -
Czech Governmental Army (Vladni Vojsko). President�s guard. Note the emblems with Czech lion on helmets. Occupied Bohemia and Moravia, 1939-1945
So I'm not sure - that COULD just be "hedging ones bets" LOL At a guess however - Czech "government" dress uniforms and Bohemia & Moravia uniforms wouldn't be too different. However - Czech governmental field uniforms may be German type...?
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Re: Army of Böhmen und Mähren.

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And how many soldiers in Vládni Vojsko die in the war on the axis side?
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Re: Army of Böhmen und Mähren.

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On the matter of uniforms...http://translate.google.co.uk/translate ... GB233GB233

Also here - http://translate.google.co.uk/translate ... GB233GB233

...but I can't get any of the pics to open on my machine.

THESE open however :up: http://translate.google.co.uk/translate ... GB233GB233

In fact....open ANY of those picture galleries on the menu to the left! :D :D :D
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Re: Army of Böhmen und Mähren.

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Henrik Andersson: the Vladni Vojsko was not a Czech collaborationist army. As a matter of fact, when sent to Italy as a construction unit, many of its soldiers deserted to the local partisan or made their way to Switzerland with the hope of joining the free Czechoslovakian Army in Britain. Perhaps the only action this "Army of Gohmen und Mahren" did see was towards the end of the war when it joined in the general Prague uprising to liberate it from the hated German occupation.
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Re: Army of Böhmen und Mähren.

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Most soldier join the allies and fight in the upprising. But some soldiers die in the war fore the germans.
Chech police help the germans.
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