Jaroslav Čihák
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Major general Jaroslav Čihák
Major general Jaroslav Čihák (born 24 July 1891 in Kratonohy, died 30 April 1944 in London) — Austro-Hungarian army officer from 1914 and Russian legionary from 1916 (command platoon and battalion). Between wars he was battalion commander, second in regiment command and regiment commander. From 1936 he was commander of infantry school in Milovice. After beginning of Nazi occupation he left Czechoslovakia. In 1940 he was commander of czechoslovak troops in conflicts on german-french front (so-called divisional infantry). He was Executive officer of National defence department in Britain (Czechoslovak government in exile) from July 1940 to January 1941. He participated in building of czechoslovak army in foreign countries.
