the future legion had a strength of about 700 infantry soldiers under the command of lieutenant-colonel ludvík svoboda and in early july it moved from kraków to an empty military camp in bronowice małe. about 200 flying personnel were instead assigned to a "czechoslovak reconnaissance squadron". the legion was however not fully formed by the time of german invasion of poland (on 1 september) and it was only on 3 september 1939 when polish president ignacy mościcki officially created the "legion czechów i słowaków" — it was the first organisation of czechoslovak resistance abroad, which was officially recognized by any allied government. general prchala was named the commander of the legion with lieutenant-colonel svoboda as the deputy commander.