My bachelor's work deals with the financing of the Czechoslovak Army in the period before World War II. First part describes the formation and financing Czechoslovak Army after estabilishment of an independent state. Second part deals with the defense of the state loan. I analyze the conducts of goverment under ever increasing threath of war and its efforts to obtain the means to defend the Republic. The most part of my bachelor's work is about the building and financing of the fortifications of the Czechoslovak Republic and about people who participated in building forts. I focus on the length of their working time, the size of salaries and conditions in the workplace. The main contribution of this work is a comprehensive view of the behavior of Czechoslovak citizens, political and military leaders who tried to prepare for the defense of the Republic.