Friday, June 18, 2021

A Remark on Radola Gajda of Czechoslovakia

It turns out that Czechoslovakia did have interwar fascist movements, including the Vlajka and the National Fascist Community, led by Gajda:
"Gajda had been one of the leaders of the Czechoslovak legions in Russia and right-hand man of Admiral Kolchak. In 1926, as chief of staff and inspired by Marshal Pilsudsky's march on Warsaw, he had attempted a coup d'état. A reactionary epigone of pan-Slavism and anti-Bolshevik, related to the White Russians, he had the reputation in Italy of a "Czechoslovak Mussolini"."

- Enzo Santarelli