About Jan Syrový
Jan Syrový was a Czechoslovak general who was the prime minister of Czechoslovakia during the Munich Crisis. Syrový demurred at first by insisting that he was just a soldier, not a politician, and that he lacked the qualifications and the relevant experience for such an important post. Syrový stated the weapons sold had been obsolete items from the First World War, which were no longer of any use to Czechoslovakia, and that the weapons had been sold to German private companies.
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