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1st Czechoslovak Army Corps První československý armádní sbor Prvý československý armádny zbor
Banner of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps
Active
5 May 1944 (1944-05-05)–15 May 1945 (1945-05-15)
Country
Czechoslovakia Soviet Union
Allegiance
Czechoslovak government-in-exile
Branch
Red Army[citation needed]
Type
Corps
Size
16,171 (September 1944)[1]
Part of
1st Ukrainian Front, later 4th Ukrainian Front
Motto(s)
"Věrni zůstaneme" Loyal We Will Remain
Engagements
Eastern Front (World War II)
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Battle of the Dukla Pass
Western Carpathian offensive
Moravia–Ostrava offensive
Prague Offensive
Commander
Jan Kratochvíl (1944) Ludvík Svoboda (1944-1945) Karel Klapálek (1945)
Military unit
The 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (Czech: První československý armádní sbor, Slovak: Prvý československý armádny zbor), also known as Svoboda's Army[2] (Czech: Svobodova armáda, after its commander Ludvík Svoboda), was a military formation of the Czechoslovak Army in exile fighting on the Eastern Front alongside the Soviet Red Army in World War II.[3]
The corps was the largest of the Czechoslovak units that fought on the Soviet side on the Eastern Front.
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