richard, tesařík, december, 1915, march, 1967, czechoslovak, officer, major, general, 1956, world, hero, born3, december, 1915praguedied27, march, 1967, aged, Ústí, labemrankmajor, generalbattles, warsworld, iiawardshero, soviet, unionczechoslovak, crosscareer. Richard Tesarik 3 December 1915 27 March 1967 was a Czechoslovak officer Major General in 1956 and World War II hero Richard TesarikBorn3 December 1915PragueDied27 March 1967 aged 51 Usti nad LabemRankMajor GeneralBattles warsWorld War IIAwardsHero of the Soviet UnionCzechoslovak War CrossCareer editTesarik first emigrated to Poland after the occupation of Czechoslovakia and then at the outbreak of World War II fled to the USSR citation needed He became commander of an infantry platoon in the Battle of Sokolovo 1943 and later a commander of a tank battalion during which time he fought in the Battle of Kiev 1943 Battle of Dukla Pass 1944 and in the Ostrava Offensive 1945 He also became a Hero of the Soviet Union 1 2 References edit Broz Miroslav Gen mjr v z Richard Tesarik Dukla 1944 in Czech Spolecnost Ludvika Svobody Archived from the original on 30 June 2019 Retrieved 17 June 2018 Tesarzhik Rihard www warheroes ru Retrieved 2019 12 23 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the military of the Czech Republic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Tesarik amp oldid 1222450572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,