Rudolf Viest

Rudolf Viest
Born(1890-09-24)24 September 1890
Revúca, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died1945 (aged 54–55)
Flossenbürg concentration camp, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Known forSecond chief commander of the Slovak National Uprising
AwardsLegion of Honour (1926)
Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order, 3rd class (1991, in memoriam)
Order of Ľudovít Štúr, 1st Class (1995, in memoriam)

Rudolf Viest (24 September 1890 – 1945) was a Slovak military leader, member of the Czechoslovak government in exile, member of the Slovak National Council and the commander of the 1st Czechoslovak army during the Slovak National Uprising. He was the Slovak with the highest military function and the only Slovak general during the interwar period in the First Czechoslovak Republic.

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