Posted on 05/25/2025 8:56:19 AM PDT by Twotone
Exactly, which is basically what the Vichy French did.
Interesting fact about Czechs leaving the rural areas of the country. Non of the Czechs that went to the cities immegrated to the US. Those that came to the US came directly from the rural areas.
In the States, visit Ennis or West Texas to name a couple Czech communities.
We always made a point to stop at the Czech Bakery in West.
I am always afraid Buc-ee’s is going to put them out of business, so I always go there when I can.
In short, the General Government was run by the Germans, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, on the other hand, was run by a puppet Czech government (although Germans in the Protectorate were exempt from control of the civilian government.
Reynhard Heydrich was the Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, until Operation Daybreak. Even though technically Emil Hacha was the President of Bohemia and Moravia, but he had little power.
Slovakia, on the other hand, was more like a true Puppet State, with Josef Tiso and the leader.
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