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Ludvík Svoboda
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Ludvík Svoboda

1895 – 1979 · aged 84

Czechoslovak general and politician (1895-1979)

Born
25 Nov 1895 · Hroznatín
Died
20 Sept 1979 · Prague
Part ofCzech Republic1316 – todayCzechoslovakia1850 – 1992

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 97 years
  1. 25 Nov 1895BornBorn in Hroznatín
  2. 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
  3. 1914 – 1918WarWWI Eastern Front
  4. 1918 – 1920WarRevolt of Czechoslovak Legion
  5. 1919WarBattle of Chelyabinsk
  6. 1919 – 1920WarGreat Siberian Ice March
  7. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  8. 1939WarCroix de guerre 1939–1945
  9. 1943WarThird Battle of Kharkov
  10. 1943WarBattle of Kursk
  11. 1943WarBelgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
  12. 1943WarBattle of the Dnieper
  13. 1943WarBattle of Kiev
  14. 1943 – 1944WarZhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
  15. 1944WarBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket
  16. 1944WarBattle of the Dukla Pass
  17. 1945AwardHonorary citizen of Třebíč
  18. 1945AwardMedal "For Bravery Before the Enemy"
  19. 1945AwardMedal of Victory and Freedom 1945
  20. 1946AwardHonorary citizen of Chrudim
  21. 1946AwardHonorary citizen of Brno
  22. 1946AwardHonorary citizen of Prague
  23. 1946AwardHonorary citizenship
  24. 1948AwardOrder of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class
  25. 1949AwardOrder of February 25, 1st class
  26. 1965AwardHero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
  27. 1968 – 1975RolePresident of Czechoslovakia
  28. 1968AwardHonorary citizen of Plzeň
  29. 1969AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  30. 20 Sept 1979DiedDied in Prague

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1895 – 1979).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  5. 1917Balfour Declaration
  6. 1917February Revolution
  7. 1917October Revolution
  8. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  9. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  10. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  11. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  12. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  13. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  14. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  15. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1938Munich Agreement
  17. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  18. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  19. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  20. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  21. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  22. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  23. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  24. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  25. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  27. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  28. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  30. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  31. 1956Suez Crisis
  32. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  34. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  36. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  38. 1968Prague Spring
  39. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  40. 19721972 Summer Olympics

Biography

Ludvík Svoboda (Czech pronunciation: [ˈludviːk ˈsvoboda]; 25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero, and he later served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975.

Text from the Wikipedia article Ludvík Svoboda, CC BY-SA 4.0

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