Czechoslovakia · event 6 of 12

5 May 1945

The Prague Uprising. The city rises against the occupation days before the war ends. Around 1,700 Czechs are killed and the north wing of the Old Town Hall is destroyed by artillery — the gap on that side of the square is deliberate.

The Czechoslovakia era

  1. 28 October 1918
  2. 30 September 1938
  3. 15 March 1939
  4. 1941
  5. 27 May 1942
  6. 5 May 1945
  7. 25 February 1948
  8. 1952
  9. 1 May 1955
  10. 21 August 1968
  11. 16 January 1969
  12. 1 January 1977

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