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COMMANDER // 1875–1945

Josef Šnejdárek

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1875 – 1945

1880189019001910192019301940Polish–Czechoslovak War · 1919Battle of Skoczów — January 1, 1919 · Czechoslovakia · Polish–Czechoslovak War

Active service 1919 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 44.

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Josef Šnejdárek was a Czech soldier. He served in the French Foreign Legion for 28 years, before joining the Czechoslovak Army. He saw service in World War I, the Polish–Czechoslovak War over Cieszyn Silesia and in the war with the Hungarian Soviet Republic over territories in what is now Slovakia. He claimed in his memoirs never to have lost a battle nor a duel.

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