Warriors of Honour Multi-cache
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Tato multikes je venovana ceskoslovenskym hrdinum 2. svetove valky.
/ This multi-cache is dedicated to the Czechoslovak heroes of WWII.
Tato cache podporuje jednoduche stahovani vzorcu do aplikace
Handy Geocaching.
[Cz]
Stage 0 muzete absolvovat u svych pocitacu.
Pocatecni (a v nasem pripade nulte) zastaveni musi patrit
bojovnikum z roku 1938, kteri sli s odvahou a nadsenim branit svoji
republiku.
Nasazeni dobre vycvicene a odhodlane
armady bylo ukonceno politickym rozhodnutim predtim, nez se mohla
stretnout s nepritelem. Vojaci museli potupne slozit zbrane a
vyklidit pohranicni opevneni (a dokonce je neposkozene
odevzdat!!!).
Naproti tomu prislusnici Straze obrany statu cele mesice pred
Mnichovem bojovali v plnohodnotne pohranicni valce. Neslo pritom
„jen“ o udrzovani poradku v oblastech s nepratelsky
naladenym a agresivnim nemeckym obyvatelstvem, ale i o boje s
diverznimi a teroristickymi jednotkami, ktere na ceskoslovenske
uzemi pronikaly z Rise, Polska a Madarska. Diky temto muzum se az
do posledni chvile darilo drzet kontrolu nad celym pohranicim s
vyjimkou nekterych vybezku. Uvadi se, ze pri obrane Ceskoslovenska
polozilo tehdy zivoty pres 450 vojaku, cetniku, policistu a
financu.
Samostatnou kapitolou je uspesna obrana ceskoslovenskeho uzemi
proti utokum madarske armady. Zde slo nejen o diverzni akce, ale
rovnez o operace (podporene i letectvem) za ucelem dobyti
rozsahlych casti ceskoslovenskeho uzemi. Pri evakuaci z
Podkarpatske Rusi v breznu 1939 pak museli prislusnici
ceskoslovenske branne moci branit ustup svuj i civilniho
obyvatelstva proti utokum Madaru, kteri obsazovali vyklizene
uzemi.
Ucelene a podrobne informace na toto tema se hledaji dost obtizne.
Velmi zajimave texty tykajici se jednotlivych oblasti vsak byvaji
na strankach pohranicnich obci. Jako priklad uvadim
tyto:
http://cetnici.habartov.cz/
www.luzicke-hory.cz
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014°23.974
Prvni zastaveni vam pripomene hrdinstvi Cechoslovaku ve vzduchu. O
ceskoslovenskych letcich se nastesti lze docist pomerne hodne a
diky neunavne a prekvapive uspesne snaze mnohych z nich vychazela
kvalitni literatura na toto tema i koncem socialismu. Nejde jen o
piloty, jimz je tradicne venovana nejvetsi pozornost, ale i o
ostatni prislusniky posadek a pozemni personal.
Za vsechny si pripomenme napr. P/O
Emila Fechtnera, DFC, posledniho ze 7 Cechoslovaku padlych v Bitve
o Britanii. Emil Fechtner absolvoval vojenskou akademii jako
porucik letectva. Pri mobilizaci v roce 1938 byl jako stovky
dalsich letcu pripraven odrazit nemecky utok. Nemohl se smirit s
kapitulaci a naslednou okupaci, a tak v cervnu 1939 odesel pres
Polsko do Francie. Tam vstoupil do Cizinecke legie, ktera byla pro
cizince jedinou moznosti, jak se zapojit do valky, jez mela brzy
vypuknout. Kdyz se tak stalo, byl prerazen k Armée de
l’air, kde se preskoloval na francouzske stihaci letouny.
Vycvik vsak pred kapitulaci Francie nedokoncil. Podarilo se mu
odplout do Velke Britanie, kde vstoupil do RAF. Po ustanoveni 310.
ceskoslovenske stihaci perute byl do teto jednotky zarazen a 26.
srpna 1940 se zapojil do Bitvy o Britanii. Behem dvou mesicu dosahl
4 sestrelenych nepratelskych letounu, 1 pravdepodobneho sestrelu a
1 stihacku poskodil. Za tyto vykony byl 28. rijna dekorovan
zasluznym leteckym krizem (DFC). Nasledujici den kratce po startu
doslo ke kolizi dvou hurricanu a v jednom z nich zahynul i Emil
Fechtner, druhy nejuspesnejsi ceskoslovensky stihaci pilot v Bitve
o Britanii.
Psat cokoli dalsiho by bylo nosenim drivi do lesa. Zkuste se
podivat napr. na tyto stranky: www.cs-letci.wz.cz
Stojite u pamatniku cs. letcu. Zjistete zde pocet padlych letcu a
ziskate cislo A (3mistne,
delitelne 13).
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014°23.690
Druhe zastaveni patri vojakum zahranicniho odboje. Vzpomenme napr.
slavne ceskoslovenske jednotky v Severni Africe, v Sovetskem svazu
nebo samostatnou obrnenou brigadu v ramci britske armady.
Za vsechny vojaky bojujici v
zahranici uvedme Otakara Jarose, jenz se nesmiril s okupaci a v
srpnu 1939 uprchl do Polska. Tam vstoupil do vznikajici
ceskoslovenske jednotky. Po prepadeni Polska Sovetskym Svazem upadl
do sovetskeho zajeti. Situace se zmenila po napadeni SSSR Nemeckem.
Spolu s dalsimi Cechy, Slovaky a Rusiny se Jaros od roku 1942
podilel na formovani 1. cs. samostatneho praporu v Buzuluku. Stal
se nadporucikem a velel 1. pesi rote. Ceskoslovenska jednotka
poprve zasahla do boju v breznu 1943 kdy branila ukrajinskou obec
Sokolovo pred utokem nemeckych tanku. V teto tezke bitve Jaros
prokazal neobycejnou statecnost, padl a in memoriam byl povysen na
kapitana a byl mu jako prvnimu cizinci udelen titul Hrdina
SSSR.
Na uvedenych souradnicich stoji pomnik ceskoslovenskym vojakum,
kteri bojovali v zahranici. Na pomniku zjistete pocet zemi/oblasti,
kde ceskoslovensti vojaci bojovali. Ziskate sude 1ciferne cislo
B.
Cca 65 metru na zapad, na budove generalniho stabu neprehlednete
pomnik diviznimu generalovi Heliodoru Pikovi, ktery se mj.
zaslouzil o propusteni nasich obcanu veznenych v nelidskych
podminkach sovetskych zajateckych a koncentracnich taboru. Jeho
poprava v roce 1949 byla prvni z rady justicnich vrazd spachanych
komunistickym rezimem. Pod deskou gen. Piky spocitejte jmena
dalsich zavrazdenych vojaku. Ziskate tak cislo C (delitelne 7). Na druhe strane vchodu do
budovy je dalsi pametni deska. Cislo D (delitelne 13) je pocet dustojniku
generalniho stabu, kteri za svobodu Ceskoslovenska zaplatili
zivotem.
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014°23.776
Treti zastaveni je venovano domacimu odboji.
Po obsazeni zbytku ceskych zemi
Nemeckem v breznu 1939 zacaly vznikat odbojove skupiny, v ramci
nichz se mnoho demobilizovanych prislusniku ceskoslovenske branne
moci i civilistu zapojilo do akci namirenych proti okupantum.
Provadely se jak sabotazni akce, tak zpravodajska cinnost, jejiz
vysledky se predavaly ceskoslovenske zpravodajske sluzbe ve Velke
Britanii. Cely odboj pracoval pod nesmirnym tlakem a v neustalem
ohrozeni ze strany Gestapa a Sicherheitsdienstu a jejich ceskych
konfidentu. Zasadni ranu zasadil ceskemu odboji nastup protektora
Heydricha a represe nasledujici po atentatu na nej.
Souradnice vas privedly k pomniku stabniho kapitana Vaclava
Moravka, ktery byl clenem legendarni odbojove trojice Masin,
Balaban, Moravek proslavene pod prezdivkou Tri kralove. Skupina v
letech 1939-1942 pusobila v Protektoratu Cechy a Morava a mela na
konte mnoho odvaznych zpravodajskych i sabotaznich akci, jimiz
pusobila Gestapu znacne starosti. Tri kralove se vsak neomezili jen
na uzemi Protektoratu – v roce 1941 provedli bombovy atentat
na Risske ministerstvo letectvi v Berline a pote na vlak vezouci SS
reichsführera H. Himmlera. Gestapo nasadilo vsechny sily na
jejich likvidaci a v dubnu 1941 se mu podarilo zatknout pplk.
Balabana. V kvetnu po prestrelce padl do jejich rukou i pplk.
Masin. Moravek unikl a pracoval dale. 21. brezna 1942 pozadal
rotmistra Rehaka, aby pobliz Orechovky prevzal od jisteho
dustojnika penize pro odboj (podle jine verze melo dojit k setkani
s Paulem Thümmelem, jenz ale byl tou dobou uz zatcen). Gestapo
vsak na nej cekalo. Rehak byl dopaden a Moravek mu sel na pomoc,
kdyz z ukrytu vybehli dalsi gestapaci. Moravek se dal na utek, po
svych pronasledovatelich strilel, nektere z nich zranil, ale
nakonec pobliz Prasneho mostu padl. Zda jej pres zakaz gestapaci
zastrelili ci zda se zastrelil sam, neni uplne jasne.
Vice se muzete docist napriklad v knize Tri kontra Gestapo
(P.Kettner, I.M.Jedlicka).
Vlastni pomnik stoji na svetlejsim kamennem soklu. Jestlize je
sirka soklu (zaokrouhlena na cele cm)
- 15 cm, pak E=3,
- 19 cm, pak E=2,
- 24 cm, pak E=1.
Dokud je pomnik pryc, vezte, ze E=1. Az tam zase bude, dejte mi
prosim vedet. Diky.
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50°05.(C/7*2)(5*E)(B/2) E
014°23.(B)(A/91-2)(D/13-2)
Kdyz jsme vzdali cest hrdinum druhe svetove valky (a snad si i
podporili narodni sebevedomi), muzeme si nyni dojit pro kes, kterou
najdete nedaleko.
Cache je mala plastova krabicka; krome TB a GC se prosim snazte
vkladat je drobne predmety s vojenskou tematikou ci nejak
souvisejici s tematem cache.
Misto muze byt ponekud zamudlene. Pockejte, az bude vzduch
cisty. Prosim vratte dlazebni kostky zpet, aby kes nebyla videt.
Diky.
Dalsi zajimave odkazy: http://www.fronta.cz/
http://www.zasvobodu.cz/ www.fronta.cz
www.zasvobodu.cz
[En]
Stage 0: you can stay at your computer.
The zeroth stage must be dedicated to the men who defended their
republic with courage and enthusiasm in 1938.
Engagement of well trained and gritty
Czechoslovak army was terminated by a political decision before it
has a chance to encouter the enemy. The soldiers had to lay down
the weapons and clear the borderline fortifications (moreover, they
had to hand their equipment to the enemy undamaged!!!)
On the other hand, the men of the State Defence Guard (consisting
of selected men from all the armed forces) fought the full-value
boundary war. Not only were they keeping order in areas with
unfriendly and aggressive German population but also they were
combating saboterur and terrorist units breaking through the border
from the Reich, Poland and Hungary. Thanks to these men almost the
entire borderline was under Czechoslovak governance up to the last
moment. At that time more than 450 men of the armed forces laid
down their lives defending Czechoslovakia.
Stage 1: N 50°06.058 E
014°23.974
The first stage will remind you of the heroism of Czechoslovak
airmen. Let’s commemorate not only the pilots but all the men
of board crews and ground crew.
One example for all - P/O Emil
Fechtner, DFC, the last of 7 Czechoslovaks killed in the Battle of
Britain. Emil Fechtner graduated from the military academy as a
lieutenant of the air force in 1937. During the mobilisation in
1938 he (like hundreds of other pilots) was ready to beat back
Germans. He could not do with the capitulation and consequent
occupation, so he left to France in June 1939. He joined Legion
Entrangére – the only way for a foreigner to take part
in the war that was expected very soon. When the war broke out he
was transferred to the Armée de l’air. However, his
training for French fighter airplanes was terminated by French
capitulation. He escaped to the U.K. and joined the R.A.F. When No.
310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron had been established he was placed in
that unit and from August 26, 1940 he took part in the Battle of
Britain. His results during two-month period were brilliant: 4
victories, 1 airplane likely destroyed, and 1 fighter damaged. On
October 28 he was awarded with Distinguished Flying Cross. The
following day he died shortly after takeoff when his Hurricanes
collided with another one. Emil Fechtner was the second most
successful Czechoslovak fighter pilot in the Battle of
Britain.
You are standing at Czechoslovak airmen memorial. A (3-digit, divisible by 13) is the number
of airmen killed in WWII.
Stage 2: N 50°06.009 E
014°23.690
The second stage is dedicated to Czechoslovak outland soldiers.
Let’s recall e.g. glorious Czechoslovak units in North
Africa, in the Soviet Union, and Independent Armoured Brigade
within British Army.
An example of a brave soldier
fighting abroad is Otakar Jaros. After German occupation he left
for Poland where he joined a new Czechoslovak unit. After the
Soviet invasion of Poland he was captured and became a P.O.W. in
the USSR. Having been invaded by Germans, the USSR radically
changed its attitude to imprisoned Czechoslovak citizens. Together
with other Czechs, Slovaks and Ruthenians Jaros took part in
creation of 1st Czechoslovak Independent Batallion in Buzuluk. He
was promoted First Lieutenant and was in charge of 1st infantry
platoon. The first combat action of the Czechoslovak unit was
defence of Ukrainian village Sokolovo from the attack of German
tanks. In the heavy battle he distinguished himself and he was
killed. Otakar Jaros was the first foreign citizen to be awarded
the title Hero of the USSR in memoriam.
At the coordinates there is the memorial to the soldiers having
fought abroad. On the memorial you will learn that Czechoslovak
soldiers fought in B (even
1-digit) countries/areas.
Cca 70 yards westwards, on the building of the Czech Army
Generality don’t miss the tablet to General Heliodor Pika,
who was responsible for discharge of Czechoslovak citizens kept in
unhuman conditions in cages and concentration camps. The execution
of Pika in 1949 was the first of a number of judicial murders
committed by the communist regime. Under the tablet of Gen. Pika
you will find C (divisible
by 7) names of further soldiers murdered by the communist regime.
On the other side of the entrance there is another tablet with
D (divisible by 13) names
of the Generality officers who paid for the liberty with their
lives.
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The third stage is dedicated to the domestic resistance.
When Germany occupied the remainder
of the Czech territory in March 1939, illegal resistance groups
started to appear. A large number of demobilised members of
Czechoslovak armed forces and civilians performed sabotages and
intelligence operations the results of which were handed over to
the Czechoslovak intelligence service in the U.K. The resistance
operated under tremendous pressure and in permanent jeopardy from
Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst and their Czech informers. A critical
hit was dealt to the resistance when R. Heydrich came to Prague and
after his assassination when the repressions got harder.
You are standing at the memorial to Captain Vaclav Moravek, a
member of the legendary resistance group Masin, Balaban, Moravek
famous as Three Kings. The group operated in the Protektorat
Böhmen und Mähren in 1939-1942 and had carried out a
number of venturous intelligence and sabotage missions, by which it
were driving Gestapo crazy. Not only in Protektorat did Three Kings
operate but also in Reich – in 1941 they set off a bomb in
the Air Ministry in Berlin and later on they made an attempt to
assassinate SS reichsführer H. Himmler in his train. Gestapo
exerted all force to elimintate them and in April 1941 they
captured Lt/Col Balaban. In May they caught Lt/Col Masin after
gunfight. Moravek escaped and kept on working. On March 21, 1942 he
asked W/O Rehak to meet an officer near Orechovka and accept money
for the resistance (other version says that he was to meet Paul
Thümmel who, however, was in custody at the moment). Gestapo,
however, were lurking there. Rehak was captured and when Moravek
appeared and tried to rescue him more Gestapo men dashed there.
Moravek started to run, wounded some of the pursuers but in the end
he was killed near Prasny Most. It is not 100% clear whether he was
shot by Gestapo men or it was a suicide.
The memorial itself stands on a footstall of lighter-grey stone. If
the width of the footstall is approximately
- 6 in., then E=3,
- 7.5 in., then E=2,
- 9.5 in., then E=1.
When the memorial is not there, E=1. When it has been put back
please let me know. Thanks.
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50°05.(C/7*2)(5*E)(B/2) E
014°23.(B)(A/91-2)(D/13-2)
Having honoured the heroes of WWII you can now go and pick up the
nearby cache.
The cache is a small plastic box; in addition to TBs & GCs
please try to trade only a small military-topic stuff or something
with connection to the topic of the cache.
The place might be quite muggled. Please wait till it is safe.
Put the stone cubes back so ithe cache is not visible. Thanks.
Additional Hints
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