One of the toughest journeys in history - the march of the Czechoslovakian Legions

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This is the first part of the oath, taken to the Russian Tsar. The second half is equally verbose, and deals with renouncing allegiance to the Hapburgs, and fighting alongside fellow Czechs and Slovaks for the purpose of establishing an independent state.
I, [name], promise and swear before Almighty God and His Holy Gospel that I will and must, truly and sincerely, serve His Imperial Highness, the true and legitimate Most Gracious Supreme Sovereign Emperor Nicolas Alexandrovich, Autocrat of All the Russias and the legitimate Heir of His Imperial Highness's All-Russian Throne, and that I will obey in all things, not sparing my body to the last drop of blood, and that I will guard and defend to the limits of my intelligence, strength, and possibilities, all the rights and privileges, stipulated and unstipulated, inherent in the absolute power and authority of His Imperial Highness. Furthermore, I promise that I will strive to promote as far as possible that in every instance redounds to the true service and state utility of His Imperial Highness; I will notify the proper authorities as quickly as possible of any threatened injury, harm, or loss to His Majesty's interests, and I will not only notify the authorities in good time, but endeavour to ward off and guard against such injuries, and I will faithfully preserve all secret information entrusted to my care; I will conscientiously carry out the instructions, regulations, and directives of the superiors placed over me; and I will not admit any profit, relationship, friendship, or enmity contrary to my duty and oath, and in this way I will conduct myself as behooves a true and faithful subject of His Imperial Highness, so as to be able always to render an account before God's terrible judgement, so help me Lord God, body and soul. So help me God. And to complete this oath, I kiss my Saviour's word and cross. Amen!
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Czech legion coat of arms
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@siriusschmidt9438 5 лет назад

If Lindy mispronounces a Czech word, he excuses. When he pronounces a French word, he simply doesn't care at all.

@JagerLange 3 года назад

"In the midst of a deadly civil war, on their way to the other side of the world, the Czechs accidentally capture the Imperial Russian gold reserve."

@comradegeneralvladimirpoot1313 5 лет назад

What if you

@keithlarsen7557 5 лет назад

The French CAN'T

@plutotheplanet5341 5 лет назад

Some tales and facts about the legions and life on a train:

@ondrasvoboda4512 5 лет назад

Thanks to our legionares we have 100% naval winrate.

@antonisauren8998 5 лет назад

Fun story, one time they had been shelled by artilery from soviet ship on Baykal. So they highjacked another ship and sunk the Russians. Gratest action of the Czech Navy in history some says. :P

@ondracekivo 4 года назад

Lindybeige: Well done, as always. Also I have a one legionare story for you all. One of the legionares lived in my village (he died many many years ago, of course). But we know from his daughter (by that time a very old lady), from his journey across Asia, he brought an exotic saber. Right to 1938, he kept it in his house, but when Germans annected Czechoslovakia, he was afraid, soldier would confiscate such extraordinary weapon. So, what to do? In my village, there is a little medieval fort, dated at least to year 1361. And as every good old fort it had secret tunnels, connecting my village to next village a mile away. Even in 1938, those tunnels were heavily damaged and partly collapsed, but the part nearest to the fort was still relatively safe. So, the legionare took his sabre, went to those tunnels and hid it there. Somewhere there, nobody knows exact location. Sadly, Germans stayed many years, then the Russians came, so excavating the saber was not a good idea. To make things even more complicated, there is a pond, surrounding the fortress, and water lever risen quite lot since 1938 and elders said, those medieval tunnels are now completely under water and collapsed completely. So...There is 19th century (maybe older) Asian saber, brought by Czechoslovakian legionare, hidden in secret tunnels of medieval fortress in a little village in south Bohemia, waiting to be found. Call in Indiana Jones.

@comepoopatmyhouse 5 лет назад

Fun Unknown Fact:

@P-YT-CH 5 лет назад

Yeah, I can empathise with the Czechoslovaks quite well, sometimes my school bus broke down and we had to walk to school and back.

@martinsedlak1498 5 лет назад

Loyd you forgot to mention Battle of Lake Baikal! With 100% win ration in naval battles we are practically a naval superpower :D

@lindybeige 5 лет назад

I see from the comments that people are making some objections over and over. Let me deal with them here:

@Gjoufi 5 лет назад

I did enjoy this (as I always do when Lloyd tells a story) but I must admit that I had a laugh when he skimmed past the German annexation of Czechoslovakia. As I remember it, Chamberlain with the French in tow more or less gave away Czechoslovakia and Lloyd didn't even blame the french... A missed shot I say ;)

@slechtd 5 лет назад

An ancestor of mine fought in the legion and traveled trough Vladivostok back home. I am happy to see that the story of the Legions has gained some attention among international content creators and media in recent years.

@f4ust85 4 года назад

Several of my ancestors were in the Legion, my great-grandfather died in it in Russia while my grandfather was born back home. My great uncle survived but was deaf on one ear from a granade. He wore a Legionnaire beret until his death in the 1970s. A few broader historical notes that perhaps put things in better perspective: