Table of Contents

Historical background - the Czech independence movement in the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Czech troops in the Austro-Hungarian Army
Recruitment of Czech volunteers, and Czech former Austro-Hungarian prisoners, by the Allied (Entente) Powers
Czech Legion in France
Czech Legion in Italy
Czech Legion in Russian
The long journey home
Aftermath: nationhood - betrayal - occupation and persecution
Uniforms, insignia, weapons and equipment

Promotional Information

Never before detailed in English, and featuring rare photographs, a comprehensive review of the Czech Legion - one of the great forgotten forces of World War I.

About the Author

David Bullock holds a PhD in European Military History and has been an officer in the U.S. Air Force. Currently, he writes official histories as a military historian for the Department of Defense and is an adjunct Associate Professor at Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs. He is the author of New Vanguard 83 Armoured Units of the Russian Civil War: White and Allied and New Vanguard 95: Armoured Units of the Russian Civil War: Red Army

Ramiro Bujeiro is an experienced commercial artist who lives and works in his native city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His professional background includes many commissions as a figure illustrator and strip cartoonist for clients all over Europe and the Americas. His main interests are the political and military history of Europe in the first half of the 20th century.

Reviews

"The Czech Legion was not just a single military unit, but a volunteer army that fielded up to 100,000 troops on the Allied side on the three major fronts of the war. Since only the defeat of Austro-Hungary and Germany offered any hope of Czech national independence, they were amongst the most motivated and steadfast of the Allied forces." --Game Trade Magazine (April 2008) "It is the story of men that was heavily suppressed while Czechoslovakia was under first Nazi and later communist rule. A fascinating read and a book I can highly recommend to you." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness, modelingmadness.com (December 2009)