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23/09/1938 Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army

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National Defence In Czechoslovakia (1938)

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Czech Army Exercise Aka Czechoslovakia Army Manoeuvres & Air Defence (1938)

A new cabinet, under General Jan Syrový, was installed and in September 1938 a decree of general mobilization was issued. The Czechoslovak army, modern and possessing an excellent system of frontier fortifications, was prepared to fight. The Soviet Union announced its willingness to come to Czechoslovakia's assistance. Beneš, however, refused to go to war without the support of the Western powers.