Heliodor Píka

Heliodor Píka
Born(1897-07-03)3 July 1897
Štítina, Austrian Silesia, Austria-Hungary
Died21 June 1949(1949-06-21) (aged 51)
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
AllegianceCzechoslovakia
BranchCzechoslovak Legions
French Army
Czechoslovak Army
Service years≈34
RankGeneral (promoted posthumously)
CommandsChief of mission to the USSR
Deputy chief of the general staff of the Czechoslovak Army
AwardsMilan Rastislav Stefanik Order, 3rd class
Order of the White Double Cross, 1st Class

General Heliodor Píka (3 July 1897 – 21 June 1949) was a Czechoslovak army officer who was the first victim of judicial murder of the Czechoslovak Communist show trials.

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