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Edvard Beneš
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1939
October
17
The Czechoslovak National Committee in Paris
On 17 October 1939 Beneš’s Czechoslovak National Committee was set up in Paris. Two weeks earlier France had agreed to rebuild a Czechoslovak army.
November
22
Hodža’s Slovak National Council
On 22 November 1939 Milan Hodža founded the Slovak National Council in Paris, a rival to Beneš’s Committee, which France had just recognised.
December
20
Britain recognises the Czechoslovak National Committee
On 20 December 1939 London recognised Beneš’s Committee as representing Czechs and Slovaks and entitled to rebuild an army in France – but not as a government.
1940
July
21
The Czechoslovak government-in-exile
On 21 July 1940 London recognised the Provisional Czechoslovak Government. Beneš became president, Monsignor Jan Šrámek PM and Jan Masaryk foreign minister.
1942
May
27
Key event
The assassination of Heydrich
On 27 May 1942 in Prague the Czechoslovak parachutists Gabčík and Kubiš gravely wounded Reinhard Heydrich. He died on 4 June; the Germans answered with terror.