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Czech Republic in 1940

Historical records for Czech Republic in 1940, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
3Events
2Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

July

21 July 1940Government-in-ExileEduard Benes

London · Government / Government-in-Exile

Leads the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London.

23 July 1940Government-in-ExileEduard Benes

London · Government / Government of Czech Rep

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

23 July 1940President of CzechoslovakiaEduard Benes

London · Government / Government of Czech Rep

Appointed President of Czechoslovakia. Appointed President of Czech

November

November 1940Government-in-ExileEduard Benes

London · Government / Government of Czech Rep

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

Other Events

1940Foreign Minister of CzechoslovakiaJan Garrigue Masaryk

Government / Government of Czech Rep

Appointed Foreign Minister

1940Government-in-ExileEduard Benes

London · Government / Government of Czech Rep

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.

1940Government-in-ExileEduard Benes

London · Government / Government of Czech Rep

Leads the Czech Government in exile

1940Government-in-ExileEduard Benes

London · Government / Government of Czech Rep

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

Names involved

Eduard BenesJan Garrigue Masaryk

Places involved

London

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.