Czech war veteran and Dukla hero Miroslav Bernat dies at 100

Miroslav Bernat, a war veteran and one of the last surviving participants in the 1944 Battle of the Dukla Pass has died at the age of 100. Bernat was a Volhynian Czech who joined the Czechoslovak foreign army in March 1944. He was wounded in the Battle of Dukla and later helped liberate Prešov a Liptovský Mikuláš in eastern Slovakia. He celebrated his 100th birthday on February 15, 2024.