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World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.

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Prague uprising

Partially successful 1945 rebellion in German-occupied Czechoslovakia

The Prague uprising was a partially successful attempt by the Czech resistance movement to liberate the city of Prague from German occupation in May 1945, during the end of World War II. The preceding six years of occupation had fuelled anti-German sentiment and the rapid…
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Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Resistance movements within German-occupied Czechoslovakia during WWII

Czechoslovak resistance to the German occupation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II began after the occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia and the formation of the protectorate on 15 March 1939. German policy deterred acts of resistance and…
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Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)

Period of Czechoslovak history

The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia.
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