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

Divers found the Enigma in a fishing net

German divers from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), searching for discarded fishing nets in the Baltic Sea, came across a surprising thing. From the water they pulled out a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazi army during World War II.

7. 12. 1941

7.12.1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

At dawn on December 7, 1941, the first wave of Japanese aircraft took off from aircraft carriers 400 miles north of Hawaii. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

5. 12. 1941

5.12.1941 Soviet counter-offensive began

Soviet troops under the command of Zhukov launch a counter-offensive on 5 December 1941, pushing the Germans back eighty kilometres and saving the capital.

4. 12. 1916

4.12.1916 Jaromír Nechanský was born

Major Jaromír Nechanský was one of the most interesting personalities of the anti-Nazi and anti-communist resistance. He was a member of the Platinum-Pewter paratroop. After World War II, he was condemned and executed.

30. 11. 1938

30 November 1938 Emil Hácha elected President

The obedient official Emil Hácha bowed to the authorities of the Czech political scene at a time when no one was too eager for the presidency. After the cession of large border areas to Hitler's Germany in early October 1938, the situation in the country was difficult.

24. 11. 1941

24.11.1941 The first transport of Jews to Terezín left

The first transport to Terezín arrived on 24 November 1941. The final solution was to be the liquidation of the Jews in the extermination concentration camps. The whole affair would be considerably accelerated by the accession of Heydrich as Reich Protector.

20. 11. 1945

20.11.1945 The Nuremberg Trial began

The Nuremberg Trial began on 20 November 1945. Göring did not live to see the verdict, committing suicide in custody.

15. 11. 1939

11/15/1939 Funeral of Jan Opletal

Jan Opletal was shot dead by a German police during a demonstration in October 1939. His funeral turned into a large student demonstration against Nazi arbitrariness, for which the students subsequently paid a cruel tax. Some were executed, others were taken to a concentration camp.

13. 11. 1942

13.11.1942 Battle of Guadalcanal

The Battle of Guadalcanalis the name of the military operation of the Pacific Front that began with the landing of the U.S. Marines in August 1942. It culminated in a clash between the Japanese and American navies in November.