High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Czechoslovak Legions (Ceskoslovenske legie in Czech, Ceskoslovenske legie in Slovak, traditionally called Czech Legion in English) were volunteer armed forces composed predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting together with the Entente powers during World War I. Their goal was to win the Allies" support for the independence of Bohemia and Slovak territories of the Kingdom of Hungary (the new country was later named Czechoslovakia), which were then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Legions originated with small armed units organized from 1914 onwards by volunteer Czechs and Slovaks. Later, many Czechs and Slovaks captured during the war joined these units; with help of emigre intellectuals and politicians (Tomas Masaryk, Milan Rastislav Stefanik and others) the Legions grew into a force of tens of thousands. The independence of Czechoslovakia was finally obtained in 1918. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений,...