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The city of Prague was ultimately liberated by the USSR during the Prague offensive. All of the German troops of Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte) and many of Army Group Ostmark (formerly known as Army Group South) were killed or captured, or fell into the hands of the Allies after the capitulation.
- 6–11 May 1945, (5 days)
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Allied victory
Prague was taken on 9 May by Soviet troops during the Prague Offensive which had begun on 6 May and ended by 11 May. When the Soviets arrived, Prague was already in a general state of confusion due to the Prague Uprising.
On May 9, 1945, after an uprising by the citizens of Prague against the Nazi regime, the Soviet Red Army entered Prague and the remaining Nazi soldiers fled west toward the advancing...
The Prague uprising ( Czech: Pražské povstání) 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.
- 5–9 May 1945
- Ceasefire
Apr 26, 2023 · The Prague Uprising began on 5 th May 1945, with American forces to the west, the Soviet Red Army approaching from the east, and the Nazis ready to make a fierce last stand – all the while thinking that they would rather surrender to US forces than the Red Army.
Hitler, on the other hand, did not seem overly concerned about a Soviet attack on his capital. His eyes were on the Red Army advance through Slovakia, which was defended by the troops of Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner’s Heeresgruppe Mitte (Army Group Center).
Reinhard Heydrich, the SS official known for his role in the conception and implementation of the Holocaust, governed Prague, as part of a so-called Reich Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. From Prague, Heydrich enforced Nazi policy and fought against the Czech resistance.
