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13. 3. 1943

13.3.1943 The Battle of Sokolov ended

According to the recollections of the participants, the day before the outbreak of the battle on 8 March 1943 was quite gloomy. There was still snow on the fields, which had become brittle with frost at night and thawed during the day.

12. 3. 1940

12.3.1940 Winter War ended

Hundreds of thousands of lives were lost in the armed conflicts between Finland and the Soviet Union. One of them was the so-called Winter War, when the Russians claimed some Finnish territories. It ended on 12 March 1940 with the conclusion of the Peace of Moscow.

8. 3. 1918

8.3.1918 The Battle of Bachmach

Or the way to the Siberian anabasis of our great-grandfather

7. 3. 1936

7.3.1936 Germany occupied the Rhineland

Adolf Hitler refused to accept the negative consequences for Germany of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles after the end of the First World War.

5. 3. 1940

5.3.1940 They approved the plan for the Katyn massacre

Eighty years ago, the Soviet regime had the Polish military elite gunned down in cold blood. In a manner typical of Lenin's secret police. The plan for this massacre was approved on March 5, 1940.

3. 3. 1918

3.3.1918 The Powers concluded the Peace of Brest-Litovsk

He pitted the ideology of Trotsky and Lenin against each other. The Peace of Brest-Litovsk played an important role in the history of Russia and Europe. The agreement was signed 103 years ago.

1. 3. 1899

1.3.1899 Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski is born

He gave the first impetus to the creation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. He had civilians murdered on purpose to inflate the statistics on enemy casualties. He also participated in the Night of the Long Knives. Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, who was born on 1 March 1899, successfully avoided the courts for many years.

29. 2. 1920

29.2.1920 Czechoslovakia adopted the first Constitution

One hundred years have passed since the adoption of the first Czechoslovak Constitution. It was formally in force until 1948, when the Communists came to power. President Masaryk insisted on greater powers for the head of state. He didn't just want to lay wreaths.

23. 2. 1943

23.2. 1943 speech K. H. Frank in Lucerna

Increased labour requirements, total deployment in the Reich and the liquidation of production not relevant to the war. This followed a speech by the State Secretary of the Reich Protector's Office, K. H. Frank, which he delivered on 23 February 1943 in the Lucerna in Prague.

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