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

23. 2. 1943

23.2. 1943 speech K. H. Frank in Lucerna

Increased labour requirements, total deployment in the Reich and the liquidation of production not relevant to the war. This followed a speech by the State Secretary of the Reich Protector's Office, K. H. Frank, which he delivered on 23 February 1943 in the Lucerna in Prague.

19. 2. 1943

19.2.1943 - Battle of Kasserín Pass

The Battle of Casserine Pass was a clash between Axis forces and US and British troops that took place in February 1943 in the Atlas Mountains during the Tunisian Campaign.

Nazi bunkers in Normandy

Several hidden bunkers have been found near the beaches where the Allied landing of Operation Overlord took place in 1944. They were part of a German defensive system used to repel possible attacks from the enemy. The abandoned structures were not known about for decades.

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.

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.

27. 1. 1945

27.1.1945 - Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp

Hundreds of prisoners were waiting for the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp at the end of the Second World War. When the Nazis learned that the Red Army was approaching, many Jews were still shot.