Rozvoj zbrojního průmyslu v Československu ve 30. letech 20. stol. a jeho význam pro nacistickou ekonomiku během 2. svět. války

The thesis analyzes the development of the arms industry in Czechoslovakia during 1930´sin the thirties of the 20th century and its importance for the Nazi economy at the time of the surrender of the Czechoslovak border region and the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the German army. The main hypothesis of the work was that the development of the Czechoslovak arms industry has been caused particularly by two main factors - unstable political situation in Europe and scientific and technological progress ofin the development of weapons in Czechoslovakia. The thesis argues that stronger position of the former Austro-Hungarian factories, the Great Depression and the failure of the disarmament negotiations played a bigger role in industry´s development, contrary to debatable contribution of reasearch and developement advances in the industry. The surrender of the border and the subsequent occupation of Czechoslovakia brought Germany military the equipment for several army divisions, but more importantly enabled Germany to use advanced industrial capacities and raw material base for the construction of industrial facilities.