Czechoslovak 11th Infantry Battalion

Vichy France could have interned the men and surrendered them to the German military authorities, had not the Czechoslovak Consul-General in Jerusalem secured visas for them to move to Mandatory Palestine.

[1] In December 1940 the battalion received acclimatization training and then was posted to Egypt, where it was assigned guard duty at camps first at Sidi Bishr and then at Agami.

On 30 May it was put under the command of the British 23rd Infantry Brigade and posted to Sidi Haneish near Mersa Matruh.

[1] At the end of December 1941 the battalion was withdrawn to the rear and transferred to the 38th Indian Infantry Brigade.

[1] In April 1942 the battalion was returned to Palestine and in May it was reorganised as the 200th Czechoslovak Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,[1] with Karel Klapálek continuing as its commander.