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8. 2. 1944

8.2.1944 They approved the plan of Operation Overloard

It took over two years to prepare and is still one of the most important milestones of the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the offensive has been mapped in detail by history, many books have been written about it and several films have been made. This plan to open the Western Front was finally approved on February 8, 1944.

7. 2. 0999

7. 2. 999 Died Czech prince Boleslav II.

He was one of the favourites of the chronicler Kosmas. It was he who described the Bohemian prince Boleslaus II as the father of orphans, the comforter of widows and the most Christian man. This monarch of the Přemyslid family died on 6 February 999 at the age of about 65, and is buried in the Basilica of St. George at Prague Castle.

6. 2. 1228

6.2.1228 - Wenceslas I was crowned King of Bohemia.

Václav I was the twenty-eighth Přemyslid to the throne. His father Přemysl Otakar I initiated him into the duties of ruler from childhood. He was aware that the future King of Bohemia was a gifted young man, but at the same time a profligate indulger. The coronation took place on 6 February 1228.

5. 2. 0062

5.2. 62 Sixty percent of Pompeii was destroyed

The destruction of Pompeii as a result of the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in 79 is widely known. But the inhabitants of this ancient city also experienced a natural disaster on 5 February seventeen years earlier. Sixty per cent of Pompeii was destroyed by a violent earthquake.

4. 2. 2020

4.2.1902 - Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. (February 4, 1902 - August 26, 1974) was an American aviator who was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

2. 2. 1124

2.2. 1124 - The Czech prince Bořivoj II died in Hungary.

Together with the German nobleman Wiprecht Grojcsky he helped to conquer Rome. He twice succeeded his brother Vladislaus I. Finally, Borivoj II had to flee to Hungary, where he also died on 2 February 1124.

1. 2. 1927

1.2.1927 - First RAF Squadron

Hundreds of Czechoslovaks passed through the Royal Air Force (RAF). Thirty of them belonged to the 1st Fighter Squadron, which was disbanded in the autumn of 1926, but was re-established on 1 February the following year.

31. 1. 1943

31.1.1943 - The Germans surrendered at Stalingrad

After a five-month battle that claimed nearly two million lives, Soviet troops regained control of Stalingrad on January 31, 1943, where German resistance collapsed. It was the turning point of World War II.

30. 1. 1933

30.1. 1933 - Hitler became Reich Chancellor

The election of Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor on 30 January 1933 marked a major turning point in events in Germany, but also abroad. After taking power, the Nazis immediately began to settle old scores, and tens of thousands of Jews fled abroad.

29. 1. 1180

29.1.1180 - The "peasant" prince Soběslav II died in exile.

The Bohemian prince Soběslav II surrounded himself with ignorant people, which earned him the nickname "the peasant prince". He died abroad on 29 January 1180, where he had to flee after a failed battle.

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