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Ludvík Svoboda ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈludviːk ˈsvoboda]; 25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero, [1] [2] and he later served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975.
Ludvík Svoboda ( 25. listopadu 1895 Hroznatín [1] – 20. září 1979 [2] Praha) byl československý voják a politik, účastník prvního a druhého odboje a v letech 1968–1975 sedmý prezident Československa .
Ludvík Svoboda (born Nov. 25, 1895, Hroznatín, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died Sept. 20, 1979, Prague, Czech.) was the president of Czechoslovakia (1968–75) who achieved great popularity by resisting the Soviet Union’s demands during and after its invasion of August 1968.
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One of the branches of the Soviet NKVD spy organization considered him to be a spy and took him into custody and sentenced him to death. Svoboda succeeded in persuading the judge to phone a number in the Kremlin. After this call the sentence was immediately quashed and Svoboda spent the rest of that day with his judges - over vodka.
Quick Reference. (b. 15 Nov. 1895, d. 20 Sept. 1979). President of Czechoslovakia 1968–75 Born in Hroznatín (Moravia), he served in the Austro‐Hungarian army during World War I, and remained in the new Czechoslovak army in 1919.
Dva měsíce po opuštění stranického vedení rezignoval Novotný i na úřad prezidenta a právě v tu chvíli se vrací na scénu tehdy už dvaasedmdesátiletý Ludvík Svoboda, kterému se otevřely brány Pražského hradu.
Ludvík Svoboda (lŏŏd´vĕk svô´bôdä), 1895–1979, Czechoslovak general and political leader. Svoboda served in the Czech Legion in World War I and became an officer (1922) in the army of the newly founded Czechoslovak republic. He was forced to flee (1939) to the USSR when the Germans entered Prague.
