Army of the Czech Republic
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The Army of the Czech Republic （Czech: Armáda České republiky, AČR）, also known as the Czech Army, is the military service responsible for the defence of the Czech Republic in compliance with international obligations and treaties on collective defence.
It is also set to support peacekeeping, rescue and humanitarian operations both within the national territory and abroad.
Armed Forces consist of the General Staff, the Land Forces, the Air Force and support units.
From the late 1940s to 1989, the extensive Czechoslovak People's Army （about 200,000） formed one of the pillars of the Warsaw Pact military alliance.
After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic is completing a major reorganisation and reduction of the armed forces, which intensified after the Czech Republic joined NATO on 12 March 1999.
As defined by the Czech Law No.
219/1999 Coll.
, the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic （Czech: ozbrojené síly České republiky） are the military forces of the Czech Republic.
They consist of the Army of the Czech Republic, the Military Office of the President of the Republic and the Castle Guard.
Military history of the Czech people dates back to the Middle Ages and the creation of Duchy of Bohemia and Kingdom of Bohemia.
During the Hussite Wars, Jan Žižka became a military leader of such skill and eminence that the Hussite legacy became an important and lasting part of the Czech military traditions.
European wars of religion once again wrecked the Czech lands, and at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, Czech freedom was lost to the Habsburg Monarchy.
Throughout the centuries of foreign rule, the Czechs were subjected, at times, to intense Germanization.
Nevertheless, Czechs maintained their ethnic identity and seized the opportunity for independence during World War I. Czechs and Slovaks desert...