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The Czecho-Slovaks, perfidiously abandoned at Tarnopol by our infantry, fought in such a way that the world ought to fall on its knees before them.

General Brusiloff
In Communique of July, 1917 about the Czecho-Slovak Brigade of the Russian Army.

Monsieur le President

France has always supported with all her power the national claims of the Czechs and Slovaks. The number of volunteers of these nationalities who placed themselves under the

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