SLOVAKIA’S top officials attended a commemorative event marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Dukla Pass between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, one of the bloodiest events of World War ...

Ludvik Svoboda against Hitler’s Nazi regime. Kulhan survived the bloody Battle of Dukla Pass in the fall of 1944 that drove the Nazis from his homeland. He saved Svoboda’s life and almost lost ...

Frederick Tintner, who has died aged 102, eluded the Gestapo dragnet, served with British, Czech and Soviet forces, and took part in the bitterly contested Battle of the Dukla Pass. In early ...

IVAN Schwarz, who was the first to parachute behind enemy lines in the Battle of Dukla during World War II, and Jozef Tuček, who has 1,115 jumps to his credit, were among the tens of guests in red ...