The Generals of WWII
Generals from Czechoslovakia
Viest, Rudolf
Army General
* 24th of September 1890
† 1945
(Slovakia)
Promotions
| 1922-12-30 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1928-05-04 | Colonel |
| 1933-07-13 | Brigadier-General |
| 1938-01-22 | Major-General |
| 1939-04-01 | General 1st Rank (Slovakian Army) |
| 1947-11-05 | Army General (Posthumously) |
Service
| 1922-12-XX | – | 1923-10-XX | Attending the War School, Prague |
| 1923-10-XX | – | 1924-09-XX | Chief of Staff, 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1924-09-XX | – | 1925-11-XX | Deputy Chief of Staff, Slovakia Territorial Command |
| 1925-11-XX | – | 1929-12-XX | Military Attaché to Poland |
| 1929-12-XX | – | 1931-01-XX | Commanding Officer 23rd Infantry Regiment |
| 1931-01-XX | – | 1931-09-XX | Attending the Senior Commanders' Course, Prague |
| 1931-09-XX | – | 1934-10-XX | Chief of Staff, Bratislava Territorial Command |
| 1934-10-XX | – | 1935-10-XX | Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade |
| 1935-10-XX | – | 1936-09-XX | General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division |
| 1936-09-XX | – | 1937-11-XX | Deputy General Officer Commanding I Corps |
| 1937-11-XX | – | 1938-09-XX | Deputy General Officer Commanding VI Corps |
| 1938-09-XX | – | 1938-10-XX | General Officer Commanding VI Corps |
| 1938-10-XX | – | 1939-03-XX | Member of the Czechoslovakian-Hungarian Border Commission |
| 1939-03-XX | – | 1939-08-14 | Inspector-General of the Army, Slovakian Army |
| 1939-08-14 | Fled to France | ||
| 1939-09-XX | – | 1939-11-XX | Deputy Head of the Czechoslovakian Military Chancellery [France] |
| 1939-11-XX | – | 1940-01-XX | Deputy Head of the Czechoslovakian Military Administration [France] |
| 1940-01-XX | – | 1940-06-XX | General Officer Commanding 1st Czechoslovakian Division [France] |
| 1940-06-XX | – | 1940-07-XX | Deputy Head of the Czechoslovakian Military Administration [France - Great Britain] |
| 1940-07-XX | – | 1942-05-XX | Secretary of State, Ministry of National Defence [Great Britain] |
| 1942-05-XX | – | 1944-08-XX | Minister of National Defence [Great Britain] |
| 1944-08-22 | – | 1944-10-XX | Deputy Delegate of the Government for the Liberated Territory |
| 1944-10-XX | – | 1944-11-03 | General Officer Commanding 1st Czechoslovakian Army |
| 1944-11-03 | – | 1945-XX-XX | In German Prison |
| 1945-XX-XX | Executed by the Germans |
Picture source: Courtesy of Lukáš Binder