J. Kočí: "Boží bojovníci", Czech legionaries in the tradition of the Hussite “Warriors of God”, propaganda postcard, published by Minerva, Prague, after 1918

A special role in the creation of Czechoslovakia was played by the Czechoslovakian legions fighting at the side of the Entente armies. These legions consisted of voluntary units of émigré Czechs, but mostly of defectors and prisoners of war from the ranks of the Imperial-Royal Army.