Indrukwekkende beelden van de overgave van de Duitse troepen in en rondom Czechoslovakia, mei 1945. Impressive footage of the surrender of German troops in and around Czechoslovakia, May 1945. | Joël Stoppels Battlefield Tours

19K views · 537 reactions |  On May 8, 1945, the Czech National Council (ČNR), fearing large-scale destruction of Prague, came to an agreement with the Germans in which the German troops were to leave Prague under conditions of ceasefire. During the night of 8 May, the Red Army pushed south some 80 kilometers, entering Prague at daybreak. With the help of the Czech population, Prague was freed of German troops around 10 am on May 9. | Prague Morning | Facebook

Prague in 1945 | Time For Prague

The bombing of Prague On February 14, 1945, the American Air Force carried out an air raid over Prague. 73 years later it is still not clear whether the attack was an accident caused by bad weather conditions and the fact Prague and Dresden looked similar from the air, or whether it was a deliberate attack. | Prague Morning