Claiming that Polish partisans had killed a German officer and four soldiers, the occupying troops. After the war, legionnaires were welcomed home as heroes, and many took leading positions in independent Czechoslovakia. Approximately 20,000 people flooded the streets when. Americans Celebrated for Two Days After the war, legionnaires were welcomed home as heroes, and many took leading positions in independent Czechoslovakia. Claiming that Polish partisans had killed a German officer and four soldiers, the occupying troops.