Liberation of western Czechoslovakia

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The Liberation of western Czechoslovakia was the final World War II campaign in which U.S. and other Western Allied forces freed the western regions of Czechoslovakia from Nazi German occupation in the spring of 1945.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign
military campaign
after Battle of the Bulge
crossing of the Rhine by Western Allies
before German Instrument of Surrender on 1945-05-08
combatant 12th Army Group (United States)
Third Army (United States)
United States
United States Army
Western Allies
commander George S. Patton
Omar Bradley
commemoratedBy Victory in Europe Day celebrations in western Bohemia
annual liberation festivals in Plzeň
conflict World War II
country Czechoslovakia
describedBySource Czech military historiography
U.S. Army historical records
endTime 1945-05
followedBy occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet-backed authorities
postwar expulsion of Sudeten Germans
hasCause Nazi German occupation of Czechoslovakia
hasEffect end of German civil administration in western Bohemia
release of political prisoners and forced laborers in the region
hasLanguage Czech
English
hasPart liberation of Cheb
liberation of Karlovy Vary region
liberation of Plzeň
liberation of Rokycany area
location western Czechoslovakia
notableFor being the furthest east advance of U.S. ground forces in Czechoslovakia
involvement of U.S. Third Army armored and infantry divisions
liberation of major industrial centers in western Bohemia
opponent Nazi Germany
SS
Wehrmacht
partOf Western Allied invasion of Germany
final stages of World War II in Europe
liberation of Czechoslovakia
result Western Allied victory
liberation of western Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation
separatedFrom liberation of Prague by the Red Army
significantEvent entry of U.S. forces into Plzeň on 1945-05-06
meeting of U.S. and Soviet forces near Rokycany in May 1945
startTime 1945-04
temporalLocation spring 1945

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Western Allied invasion of Germany
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