Jan Syrový (January 24, 1888 - October 17, 1970) was a Czechoslovak national hero, a veteran of the Czechoslovak Legion and a prominent four-star general of the Czechoslovak Army in the interwar period. On September 22, 1938 he was appointed Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence by president Edvard Beneš following the resignation of the government lead by Milan Hodža. As Prime minister he gave the order to initiate full mobilization of the Czechoslovak armed forces on September 23, 1938, in response to the increasing tensions with Nazi Germany.
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| - Jan Syrový (Munich Goes Sour)
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| - Jan Syrový (January 24, 1888 - October 17, 1970) was a Czechoslovak national hero, a veteran of the Czechoslovak Legion and a prominent four-star general of the Czechoslovak Army in the interwar period. On September 22, 1938 he was appointed Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence by president Edvard Beneš following the resignation of the government lead by Milan Hodža. As Prime minister he gave the order to initiate full mobilization of the Czechoslovak armed forces on September 23, 1938, in response to the increasing tensions with Nazi Germany.
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- Minister of National Defence
- Minister of Defence in exile
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term start
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- 1938-11-18(xsd:date)
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preceded
| - František Machník
- Jiří Stříbrný
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term end
| - 1926-10-12(xsd:date)
- 1938-11-12(xsd:date)
- 1946-05-15(xsd:date)
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- border|25px Czechoslovak Legion
- border|25px Czechoslovakia
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| - Portrait of Jan Syrový in 1938.
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| - Jan Syrový (January 24, 1888 - October 17, 1970) was a Czechoslovak national hero, a veteran of the Czechoslovak Legion and a prominent four-star general of the Czechoslovak Army in the interwar period. On September 22, 1938 he was appointed Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence by president Edvard Beneš following the resignation of the government lead by Milan Hodža. As Prime minister he gave the order to initiate full mobilization of the Czechoslovak armed forces on September 23, 1938, in response to the increasing tensions with Nazi Germany.
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