April 1945: The deadliest air attacks on Plzeň came at the end of WWII

Radio Prague International - Topic «History»
25/04/2025 5 min
April 1945: The deadliest air attacks on Plzeň came at the end of WWII

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April 1945 marked the final month of Allied bombing raids on Czechoslovakia. Among the targeted cities were Kladno, Chomutov, Karlovy Vary, and most notably Plzeň. In today’s episode of our series How did WWII end in the Czech lands?, we recall the last bombing raids on this West Bohemian city with historian Karel Foud.

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