Josef Votruba

General of the army

Josef Votruba
Born(1879-11-08)November 8, 1879
Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
DiedOctober 7, 1959(1959-10-07) (aged 79)
Prague, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Allegiance Austria-Hungary
Czechoslovakia
BranchAustro-Hungarian Army
Czechoslovak Army
Service number1896 — 1939
1946 — 1948
ConflictsWorld 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.

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