About Ludvík Svoboda
Ludvík Svoboda (Czech pronunciation: [ˈludviːk ˈsvoboda]; 25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero, and he later served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975. == Early and personal life == Svoboda was born in Hroznatín, Margraviate of Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now part of Vysočina Region, Czech Republic), to the family of Jan Svoboda. His father died when he was one year old and he was raised by his mother Františka who remarried to František Nejedlý. Svoboda attended the agricultural school at Velké Meziříčí and worked at a vineyard. In 1915, he had to join the Austro-Hungarian Army. Svodoba married Irena Svobodová (1901–1980) in 1923. One of their 2 children include the Czech economist and academic, Zoe Klusáková-Svobodová (1925–2022). == World War I == Svoboda was sent to the Eastern Front, and fell into Russian captivity on 18 September 1915 at Tarnopol. He joined the Czechoslovak Legion and took part in the battles of Zborov and Bakhmach.
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