How the Americans Liberated (a part of) Czechoslovakia

US troops from the 90th Infantry Division entered Czech territory in April 1945, and along with the advancing Soviet forces from the east, they were facing a ragtag German opposition from Army Group Centre under Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner. However, the disintegration of the German Wehrmacht became visible, and many German soldiers surrendered as the Americans advanced. The Americans were able to liberate various cities and regions in Czechoslovakia, including Pilsen, where the citizens welcomed the liberators despite the mistaken bombing of the local brewery by the US Air Force. Even an American jeep made it to Prague where at that moment the Prague Uprising was taking place. Yet, the Americans were not the ones liberating Prague...
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SOURCES
– Vlasov and the Russian Liberation Movement. Soviet Reality and Emigré (Andreyev Catherine).
– Americans in West Bohemia in 1945 (Petr Fischer and Roman Kodet).
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/2021_Pilsen_Brochure_Mar1_SPREADS.pdf (25-05-2023).
– The Last 100 Days (John Toland).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHfLvpocNGs
Američané v Plzni. 6. května 1945 osvobodila Americká armáda Plzeň. Zpravodaj 17/90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7uacnd9vRk
Waffen SS and Wehrmacht surrender to U.S.army in Czechoslovakia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYc94bRfmaU
Pilsen May 1945 - part one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F16F4xcxJF0
PILSEN May1945 - LIBERATION- Osvobození
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4hh876lAaU
Květnová revoluce v Praze 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VumiTS8QLrA
PRAGUE UPRISING 1945
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