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Klatovy
Plzeňský kraj Námĕstí Míru |
Válečný památníkWar memorial |
1960 |
9. kvĕtna 1945 osvobodila sovĕtská armáda ČESKOSLOVENSKO [tank] odhaleno v rámci oslav 700. výročí založení mĕsta klatov |
9th May 1945 the Soviet Army liberated Czechoslovakia.
Unveiled as part of the celebrations of the 700th Anniversary |
After 1989 a second plaque was installed on which the facts of Czech history have been corrected. Klatovy was liberated on 5th May 1945 by the US Third Army under General Patton. The following day, they moved on and liberated Plzen.
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