[3] When he returned to Czechoslovakia, he entered the general staff course and started his professional career as a major.

[4] After the Munich Agreement in 1938, he disagreed with the radicalization of the political scene in Slovakia and with negative events like the formation of the Hlinka Guard and seditious anti-Czech propaganda.

As a Slovak with the highest position in the army, he was delegated by central government for negotiations with Hungary in Komárno led by the new prime minister of autonomous Slovakia Jozef Tiso.

[5] Rudolf Viest belonged to a group of anti-Fascist officers and was against the break-up of Czechoslovakia into Slovakia and the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

He accepted the function after the promise of the minister of defence Ferdinand Čatloš that he would not be in contact with Germans.

He was keeping contact with the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London and he was a member of the resistance movement "Obrana národa" (Defense of Nation).

[6] Hungary, not being satisfied with territorial gains from the First Vienna Award, attacked Slovakia on 23 March 1939.

Due to his function of general inspector he had access to all secret materials, however investigation did not prove that he took any of them.

[7] Viest was sentenced to death, degradation to the lowest army position and loss of state citizenship on 28 March 1942.

After the Nazi occupation of France in June 1940, he moved to Britain and joined Edvard Beneš on 10 July.

By the time Viest arrived to take command, achieving the original goals of the uprising was already likely unrealistic given internal infighting.

[8] As the situation collapsed, Viest issued a final order from Donovaly during the night of 27–28 October for his forces to switch to guerrilla warfare.

[8] Viest probably died with other Slovak generals (Augustín Malár, Ján Golian and Štefan Jurech) in the Flossenbürg concentration camp sometime in 1945.

While the camp remained in operation until April 1945, records covering the possible execution of the Slovak generals are missing.