Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:16:05 +0200https://english.radio.cz/memoriam-gen-milan-pika-son-war-hero-and-first-victim-judicial-murder-communist-8135563© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalGeneral Milan Píka, whose father also held that rank and was executed following a Communist Party-orchestrated show trial, has died at the age of 96. Himself punished on false charges, the World War II veteran nonetheless managed to rise to the top of the Czechoslovak military – and eventually clear his father’s good name.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pika_milan_1.jpg?timestamp=1590408221 https://english.radio.cz/memoriam-gen-milan-pika-son-war-hero-and-first-victim-judicial-murder-communist-8135563 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9