People’s Militia – The Armed Fist of the Working Class

People’s Militia – The Armed Fist of the Working Class

The People’s Militia (LM, also called the „armed fist of the working class“, Slovak Ľudové milície, ĽM) were workers‘ fighting units, the formation of which was decided by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia on 21 February 1948 in preparation for the communist coup in Czechoslovakia. The formation and existence of the…