Eduard Benes Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Rule of Slovakia

Germany gives southern Slovakia to Hungary

Role range: 1935-1938

Britain tries to get the Czechs to make concessions to Germany

Britain tries to get the Czechs to make concessions to Germany before 12th Sept

Role range: 1935-1938

Exile of Eduard Benes

Arrives in London to form a Government in exile

Exile of Eduard Benes

Benes goes into exile in Putney, London

Government-in-Exile

Leads the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Government-in-Exile

Leads the Czech Government in exile, first in Paris then in London

President of Czechoslovakia

Appointed President of Czechoslovakia. Appointed President of Czech

Government-in-Exile

In the wake of London Blitz, Benes, his wife, their nieces, and his household staff moved to The Abbey at Aston Abbotts near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire

Government-in-Exile

In the wake of London Blitz, Benes, his wife, their nieces, and his household staff moved to The Abbey at Aston Abbotts near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

Government-in-Exile

Leads the Czech Government in exile

Government-in-Exile

Organizes the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in London with Jan Sramek as Prime Minister and himself as President

Recognition of the Czech Government in exile

The Czech Government in exile is recognized by Great Britain

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Anthropoid

Benes and Frantisek Moravec plan Operation Anthropoid, with the intention of assassinating Reinhard Heydrich

Role range: 1939-1945

Lidice Reprisal

German forces destroy Lidice after Heydrich's assassination.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Execution

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Role range: 1939-1945

Massacre

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Anthropoid

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Role range: 1939-1945

Execution

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Constitution of Czechoslovakia

Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces

Role range: 1945-1948

President of Czechoslovakia

Appointed President of Czechoslovakia. After the Prague uprising at the end of World War II, Benes returned home and reassumed his former position as President

Role range: 1945-1948

Provisional Government

Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces

Role range: 1945-1948

Kosice Programme

Approves the programme for the restored state.

Role range: 1945-1948

Election

Formally elected to his 2nd term as President

Role range: 1945-1948

President of Czechoslovakia

Formally elected to his 2nd term as President

Role range: 1945-1948

National Assembly

Unanimously confirmed as the president of the republic by the National Assembly

Role range: 1945-1948

President of Czechoslovakia

Unanimously confirmed as the president of the republic by the National Assembly

Role range: 1945-1948

Benes Decrees

Issues decrees reshaping citizenship, property and postwar settlement.

Role range: 1945-1948

Benes Decrees

The Benes decrees Decrees of the President of the Republic expropriated citizens of German and Hungarian ethnicity, and paved the way for the eventual expulsion of the majority of Germans to West and East Germany

Role range: 1945-1948

Constitution of Czechoslovakia

Benes presided over a coalition Government involving Democrats and Communists, with the Communist leader Klement Gottwald as Prime Minister

Role range: 1945-1948

Constitution of Czechoslovakia

The Benes decrees Decrees of the President of the Republic expropriated citizens of German and Hungarian ethnicity, and paved the way for the eventual expulsion of the majority of Germans to West and East Germany.

Role range: 1945-1948

Constitution of Czechoslovakia

The Communists assumed complete power in a coup

Role range: 1945-1948

Coup

The Communists assumed complete power in a coup

Role range: 1945-1948

Resignation of Eduard Benes

Benes resigns as President and Gottwald succeeds him as President

Role range: 1945-1948

Death of Eduard Benes

Death of Eduard Benes.

Role range: 1945-1948