The occupation of the remainder of Czechoslovakia on 15th March, 1939 by Nazi German forces in World War 2. Newspaper headlines announcing the occupation. Nazi soldiers on motorcycles and bicycles on a village road in a late Winter snowstorm. Officers converse. They arrive in Prague with military vehicles. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's car exits the Prague Castle gates. The car moves through a crowded street. Hitler walks and talks with Nazi officials on the street and reviews wounded men. German military forces goose step in parade with flags and a band. German goosestepping troops march past equestrian statue of St. Wenceslas, in Wenceslas Square. Civilians watch. German Luftwaffe aircraft fly overhead in formation. German tanks parade through city streets.
Czech heroes who were killed during the liberation of Prague, Czechoslovakia. A civilian looking at a decorated place on a building on a street in Prague. The place is decorated with the pictures of Czech heroes who were killed during the liberation and small wreaths offered to them. Men and women who pass along the walkway look at the decorated place.
The tomb of Czech heroes who were killed during the liberation of Prague, Czechoslovakia. A walkway along the side of a street in Prague. Buildings along the side of the street. A tomb of several Czech heroes killed during the liberation, on the side of the walkway. Two children offer flowers at the tomb. Men and women on the walkway. The tomb marked by a cross mounted with a helmet. Vehicles on the road.
Monument to Soviet Tank Crews in the Smichov district of Prague, Czechoslovakia. A Russian tank, the first into Prague, placed on the top of a stone monument. A small board with a writing fixed on the monument. A building beside the monument.
The 1st Infantry Division Stele in Cheb, Czechoslovakia. A monument on a fenced ground to commemorate the victorious battles of U.S. First Infantry Division in World War II. Men beside the monument. Inscriptions on all the sides of the pillar-like monument.
Tombs in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A man and a woman beside the tombs erected in a street of a village in memory of the Czechoslovakians killed on the spot by the Germans for their underground activities. Lamps placed on the top of each tomb. Men and women beside the tombs. Buildings beside the tombs. The man and the woman offer flowers at a tomb. A girl laying flowers at a tomb.
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