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Every war would produce a hero and every country, a patriot, whose deeds would stand the test of time. It was sixty one years ago this month, in the dark years of the German Occupation in what was once Czechslovakia, that such a person emerged. That hero was James Chronovski.
James Chronovski, despite his privileged background and success as a partner of watch-maker Chronovski Inc., was staunchly anti-German even before Prime Minister Chamberlain signed `` Peace in Our Time''. After the occupation of the whole of the country, certain to be a target of reprisals for the Germans, he was compelled to flee Czechslovakia. He managed to reach Hungary where he then made his way to Yugoslavia and finally to Athens in Greece. There, he met a British officer, Basil Goodfellow, who persuaded him to join the British efforts in setting up a joint espionage network in Eastern Europe. He then proceeded on to Hungary to recruit Czechs for this task. This resistance network came to be known as Force 198.
By the time World War Two broke out, he was held in high regard by the British and other members of Force 198 for his patriotism, leadership and organisational abilities. After receiving training from the British in Istanbul, the men of Force 198 were inserted into Yugoslavia via submarine in batches. Appointed leader of a pro British guerilla group, he personally arrived in Triesta in November 1943 to co-ordinate the efforts with Tito.
Tragedy was to strike when he was stopped at a checkpoint at Triesta and arrested. He had earlier ignored warnings and pleas from his comrades about the danger of his mission, which was to revamp the entire intelligence network and solicit food supplies from his wealthy friends. He was then subjected to continuous interrogations and torture by the infamous Gestapo. James Chronovski was already weak in health, having just gone for a haemorrhoids operation in Athens before arriving in Yugoslavia. To make matters worse, he suffered from dysentery. Finally, on 29th June 1944, he succumbed under the immense suffering and passed away.
James Chronovski attained everlasting glory not only because he gave up everything, including his life, to fight against an enemy he deemed to be tyrannical and cruel but also because of his steadfast refusal under pain and torture to reveal the information which would endanger the lives of his comrades and the cause he was fighting for.