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On 8 March, German troops reached Bakhmach, an important rail hub, and in doing so threatened the Czechoslovak Legion with encirclement. The threat was especially grave since captured legionnaires were summarily executed as traitors of
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Karel Goš: "Bitva u Bachmače byla slavnou epizodou Hanáckého pluku : největší oslavy proběhly v roce 1938", article in newspaper
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Losses of the Legion were: 145 killed, 210 wounded, 41 missing. Estimate of German losses is around 300 dead and hundreds wounded.
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Adolf Kubíček: Hanáci v revoluci (Hanakians in revolution: The Chronicle of 6th Czechoslovak Rifle Regiment), Olomouc, 1928
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and was the last engagement in World War I for the Soviets. Following a Legion victory, the Germans negotiated a truce.
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The Czechoslovak Legion (about 42,000 soldiers) during the truce set up for escape from Russia via the
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Václav Cháb: "Německý vpád na slovanský východ : kus dějin - kus boje o budoucnost", Prague, 1938
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M. Vlachynský: "V březnu 1918 bojovali legionáři u Bachmače", article in newspaper
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The battle was notable because the troops were not only fighting for Bakhmach
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Václav Cháb: "Bachmač : březen 1918", Prague, 1948
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with Germany, in which it gave up control over Ukraine.
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Eastern Front (World War I)

Olomouc
Czech Republic
Otakar Španiel
Bakhmach
Ukraine
Entente Powers
Bohemia
Czechoslovak Legions
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Russia
Central Powers
German Empire
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bohemia
Ludvík Krejčí
Bohemia
David Krajča
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Nikolai Krylenko
German Empire

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