The Whole World Bought Weapons From Brno, but They Could Not Save the Republic

A great example of domestic arms factories, which are now being discussed by politicians and industrialists in connection with the defense of Europe, is the First Republic's Czechoslovak Arms Factory Brno. Over the course of two decades, it developed from a small factory on the verge of bankruptcy into a leading exporter of rifles and machine guns. In 1938, it was one of...