Josef Votruba
Josef Votruba | |
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| Born | November 8, 1879 Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | October 7, 1959 (aged 79) Prague, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic |
| Allegiance | Austria-Hungary Czechoslovakia |
| Branch | Austro-Hungarian Army Czechoslovak Army |
| Service number | 1896 — 1939 1946 — 1948 |
| Battles / wars | World War I Hungarian–Czechoslovak War |
Josef Votruba was a Czechoslovak officer and a man persecuted by the communist regime of Czechoslovakia. In 1938 he was commander of III Army Stefanik and Land Commander in Slovakia and Subcarpathian Russia. He was a supporter of active defensive tactics.