Foggy skyline of Prague, Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. Czechoslovakian people crowd the streets of Prague. Huge crowds of people in Wenceslas Square in the New Town quarter of Prague. Czechoslovakian Prime Minister Antonin Zapatocky addresses the crowd in Wenceslas Sqaure. Crowds listening to Zapatocky’s speech in Wenceslas Square. Czechoslovakian man listens to speech. Czechoslovakian woman, wearing headscarf, listens to speech. Huge crowds near King Wenceslas statue in Wenceslas Square. Czechoslovakian President Klement Gottwald addresses crowd.
A monument in 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.
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.
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.
People walk on Wenceslas Square (called Václavské náměstí) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Traffic passes nearby the shops. Shops include a gift shop and a jewelry store. Store of the Bata Shoe Company on the street. Neon signs of illuminated map showing London, Paris, New York, and Prague marked on it.