Second World War

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• Hardware findings 1
• War at sea 5
• War in the air 8
• War crimes 24
• Ammunition and weapons 0
• Remembrance events 0
• Period photographs 0
• The end of the war in the Czech Republic 2
• War treasures 5
• Nazi treasures 5
• Fortification 1

11. 7. 2012

11. 7. 2012 The sabre belonged to General Moravec

Nine years ago, Bohuslav Veselý found a suitcase in the garden of his house containing items belonging to General František Moravec. The suitcase with uniforms and a sabre was buried on the property by a friend of his family. The general fled from the Nazis to England.

4. 7. 2010

4. 7. 2010 283 German skulls buried

The remains of the original German inhabitants were buried near Deštné. It was speculated that they were murdered at the end of World War II. But their exact identities have not been established.

20. 5. 2016

20. 5. 2016 The tunnel the Jews dug with spoons

In 2016, archaeologists discovered a legendary tunnel dug by Jews during the Holocaust in the hope of escaping the Nazis. It is located in the forests near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

13. 5. 2013

13. 5. 2013 Soldier's body found in the forest

Forty-five-year-old man discovered the body of a dead soldier from World War II in the woods near Oldřišov in the Opava region eight years ago. Police officers, technicians and an expert from the Archaeological Institute in Opava immediately went to the site.

8 May 2013 Mussolini's secret bunker

Eight years ago, the public was able to see Benito Mussolini's secret bunker for the first time, at least through photographs. He had it built under his Rome headquarters in the Palazzo Venezia during World War II.

The most beautiful find of "Winter campaign 2021"

The anniversary of the end of the Second World War is approaching, so we have prepared such a small special for all warriors.

2. 5. 2019

2. 5. 2019 The RAF pilot was buried after 74 years

After more than seventy years, Ensign John Henry Coates' relatives were finally able to bury his body. An RAF pilot was shot down during one of the missions in Italy. Archaeologists have found his remains with a damaged Spitfire plane near Venice.

24. 4. 2014

April 24, 2014 Bodies of executed Germans

Seven years ago, the Hradec Králové regional forensic scientists focused on an area that historical sources and witnesses describe as the site of the mass grave of five Germans shot in June 1945. It was located in the village of Rudník in the Trutnov region.

23. 4. 2011

April 23, 2011 Ruined German fighter

The torso of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, which crashed in August 1944, was discovered ten years ago near Deštná in the Jindřichův Hradec region. It was located under a layer of clay. According to historians, it was a unique find.