František Slunečko
František Slunečko (2 October 1886,
Early life and education
František Slunečko graduated from the grammar school in
Military career
After the mobilization in July 1914, he was called up to service in the
Returning to Czechoslovakia as a major in the summer of 1920, he became deputy commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment, and on 17 November 1922 was named its commander. Between 1924 and 1928 he took courses for senior commanders, and in early 1929 was appointed commander of the 16th Infantry Brigade in Místek; in the summer of that year he was promoted to the rank of general. In 1930 he became deputy commander of the Provincial Military Command in Košice, and later served, in turn, as commander of the brigade in Znojmo, as deputy commander of the division in Brno, and as commander of the II. group. He was in the last-named post at the time of the mobilization in September 1938.[1]
Anti-German resistance
After the March 1939 occupation, several generals and senior officers of the Czech army established an illegal military resistance group called Defense of the Nation (ON). Slunečko became the regional military commander of Moravia-West, based in Brno, and headed the Alex intelligence group under the code name of General Slunecek.
The command of ON was almost totally destroyed between 1939 and 1941 as the Gestapo gradually arrested and executed many of its members. The group's remaining leaders regrouped in Bohemia and Moravia under Zdeněk Novák; after further arrests, Slunečko became the leader of ON and relocated to Prague, where he appointed General Kutlvašr as commander of the capital.[2] After the start of the Prague Uprising, Alex placed itself under the leadership of the Czech National Council (CNR).
Prague Uprising
On 5 May 1945 General Slunečko ordered the Prague military headquarters, "Bartos," and all units outside Prague to revolt against the
After the war
After
References
- ^ Československá generalita v roce 1938; Personalie Prehledy;
- ^ Osvobozeni; Rozhlas Archived 2007-05-29 at the Wayback Machine;
- ^ Pražské povstání 1945; Osudové okamžiky Československa, Themis Praha 1997; [1]
- ^ JAKL, Tomáš. Muž s krycím jménem „Alex“. Lidové noviny, 2016, p. 20.
- ^ Seznam vyznamenaných; Pražský hrad;