Prvá Slovenská Republika

A historical blog dedicated to the axis first Slovak Republic and its paraphernalia as it existed from March 14th 1939 to its demise following the defeat of the axis nations in the Second World War.

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Summer 1946, Slovak soldiers returning home.

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Slovak soldiers returning home after the war, summer 1946.

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Slovak soldiers on a work assignment in a German factory near Berlin.

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Roll call on a Slovak airbase.

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Slovak Pilot next to an Avia B-534 of the Slovak Air Force on an airfield in Ukraine, eastern front.

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Slovak Air Force officers Ondrej Ďumbala(left) and Jozef Páleníček(right).

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Slovak Air Force pilots Štefan Ocvirk and Gustáv Lang(standing in the cockpit) shaking hands.

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Slovaks meet Italians in Novomoskovsk, Ukrainian SSR. The Holy Trinity Cathedral in the background.

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Slovak airmen in Denmark.

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Attendees at a Slovak pro-autonomy political manifestation in Bratislava, 1938.

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Future general of the Slovak Army Štefan Jurech on a prewar wedding photo.

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A historical documentary shot entirely in 1939, about the creation of the first Slovak Republic and the turmoil preceding it. The documentary contains some nice shots of 1939 Bratislava, Slovak leaders, and other parts of Slovakia. The language used is naturally Slovak.

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Pilot stands next to an Avia B-534 of the Slovak Air Force on an airfield in Ukraine.

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Slovak officers on the eastern front. Left to right: Golian, Lisický, Jurech

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At a Hlinka Guard rally.

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Hlinka Guard marching in Bratislava.

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Hlinka Guard marching in Bratislava.