What is Heliodor Píka?
[[File:Heliodor_Píka.jpg|right|thumb|347x347px|{{center|Heliodor Píka as a French legionnaire during World War I}}]] [[General officer|General]] '''Heliodor Píka''' (July 3, 1897 [[Štítina]] – June 21, 1949 [[Plzeň]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vuapraha.cz/sites/default/files/inventare/4_cs_armada_po_roce_1945/general_heliodor_pika_-_1939-1948.pdf|title=Military historical archive}}</ref>) was a [[Czechoslovakia]]n [[army]] [[officer]]. He is also well known as [[wikt:representative|representative]] of [[Czechoslovakia]]n [[German resistance to Nazism|anti-Nazi resistance]] and a [[victim]] of [[communism]]. == Early life == Heliodor Píka was born on July 3,1897 in Štítina near [[Opava]]. His father was Ignác Píka, who was a [[wheelwright]]. In 1915 he [[Graduation|graduated]] from the [[Gymnasium]] in Opava. Originally, he wanted to [[wikt:study|study]] [[Pharmacology|Pharmacy]]. In 1916 he was sent to the [[Brusilov Offensive|Galician front]]. On July 28, 1916, he was captured by [[Russia]]n units in [[Berestechko]]. Later he joined [[Czechoslovakia]]n [[Legionary|legion]]. == Czechoslovak Army == In 1917 he was sent to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western front]] in [[France]]. In [[Le Havre]] he went through [[wikt:intense|intensive]] military [[training]]. He fought there until 1919. In 1920 he graduated from [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]]. He became a [[teacher]] at the [[Academy|Military academy]] in [[Hranice (Přerov District)|Hranice]]. In the 1930s, Píka acted as a military [[attaché]] to [[Romania]] and [[Turkey]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.totalita.cz/vysvetlivky/o_pikah.php|title=Life of Heliodor Píka}}</ref> In 1941 he [[cooperate]]d with [[Czechoslovakia]]n units in [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. They were supported by [[Czechoslovakia]]n [[Czechoslovak government-in-exile|government in exile]]. He also attended the [[ceremony|ceremonial signing]] of the Czechoslovak-Soviet [[treaty]]. In 1943 he was [[Promotion (rank)|promoted]] to the rank of [[brigadier general]]. After the w