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From the ArchivesNovember 1945: homeward bound
In November 1945, six months after the end of World War II, the units that
had taken part in liberating Czechoslovakia began their official
withdrawal. Various ceremonies were held, first on November 15, to say
farewell to the Red Army troops, who had fought their way in bitter
fighting through Slovakia all the way to Prague. Then a few days later, on
November 20, the withdrawal began of the American units that had liberated
Western Bohemia. More
From the ArchivesD-Day and Dukla: liberation draws closer
By 1944 Czechoslovakia’s liberation no longer seemed a distant prospect,
as Nazi Germany’s enemies closed in from East and West. On June 6 1944
over 130,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy. Later that
same day, the Allied forces’ Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower, took to
the airwaves: More
SpecialThe 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia through the eyes of Soviet troops
August 21 marks the anniversary of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by
the Soviet Union and other communist countries. The occupation crushed an
attempt to reform the communist regime, and drove the country into two
decades of hard-line rule. What that all meant to the people of
Czechoslovakia has been looked at many times. In our special programme
today, we look at August 1968 from another perspective: that of the
occupiers.
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SpecialVeterans gather to remember Patton’s “greatest, but most terrible sport”
This week marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Plzeň and West
Bohemia by General Patton's Third Army. In a special programme to mark the
anniversary, Rob Cameron travelled to the spa town of Konstantinovy
Lázně, former headquarters of the US Army's 16th Armoured Division,
where
he spoke to George Thompson - a veteran of the fighting in West Bohemia,
Charles Noble - son of the commander of the 16th Armoured Division’s
Combat Command B, and George Patton Waters, grandson of the legendary
General George S. Patton. More
Current AffairsHammer and sickle to come down from Brno war monument
The city of Brno has made up its mind on a contentious issue: the hammer
and sickle on a public monument to fallen Red Army soldiers from the
Second
World War is coming down. In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the city council
decided to end two years of protests and vandalism by removing the
still-controversial symbol for good. More
Current AffairsEnvironmental damage caused by Soviet troops not yet fully repaired
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia resulted in a permanent Soviet
military presence on Czech soil. Between 1968 and 1991 –when the last of
the Soviet troops finally left the country – they operated in 73
localities. The environmental damage they caused is taking years to repair
and has already cost billions of crowns. Jakub Kašpar is a spokesman for
the Czech Environment Ministry:
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From the ArchivesNovember 1945: homeward bound
In November 1945, six months after the end of World War II, the units that
had taken part in liberating Czechoslovakia began their official
withdrawal. Various ceremonies were held, first on November 15, to say
farewell to the Red Army troops, who had fought their way in bitter
fighting through Slovakia all the way to Prague. Then a few days later, on
November 20, the withdrawal began of the American units that had liberated
Western Bohemia.
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