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Valčík, Josef
Valčík, Josef
Operation Anthropoid
Date of birth:
November 2nd, 1914 (Valaské Klobouky, Czechoslovakia)
Date of death:
June 18th, 1942 (Prague, Czechoslovakia)
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)
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Ceskoslovenský válecný krí 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 16th, 1942
Ceskoslovenský válecný krí 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
,
British Government
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1942
Awarded for:
Operation Anthropoid
Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenský válecný krí 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
,
British Government
Awarded on:
October 20th, 1945
Awarded for:
Operation Anthropoid
Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenský vojenský rád "Za svobodu" 1st Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
,
British Government
Awarded on:
1949
Posthumously awarded
Řád rudé zástavy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
,
British Government
Awarded on:
1968
Posthumously awarded
Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
,
British Government
Awarded on:
2010
Posthumously awarded
Sources
Photo 1: HMSO (
Public Domain
)
- Dal signál k atentátu na Heydricha. ivotní příběh parautisty Josefa Valčíka (1993)
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