‘Astounding it is, What Lidice Carries’. The Transport of Czechoslovak Weapons for the Algerian National Liberation Front in 1959

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Krátká, Lenka
‘Astounding it is, What Lidice Carries’. The Transport of Czechoslovak Weapons for the Algerian National Liberation Front in 1959.
International Journal of Maritime History. Roč. 33, č. 1 (2021), s. 54-69. ISSN 0843-8714. E-ISSN 2052-7756
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-09594S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378114
Klíčová slova: Algeria * Czechoslovakia * France * ship Lidice * weapons
Obor OECD: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0843871421991139

This article describes the detention in 1959 of the Czechoslovak ship Lidice, which was carrying weapons for the Algerian National Liberation Front, by the French Navy. Using documents from Czech archives, the study offers insights into this affair from two perspectives: first, that of the shipmaster and the officer for political affairs, who were aboard the ship during the detention, and second, that of the highest governmental and Communist Party authorities in Prague, which were concerned with the diplomatic and political aspects of the case.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0319072