The Prague offensive was the last major military operation of the Second World War in Europe, in which Soviet forces, together with Romanian, Polish and Czechoslovak units, attacked the German Army Group Centre in Bohemia and Moravia. It came as the people of Prague rose against the German occupiers, and the insurgents asked the Allies for help. Units of the Russian Liberation Army, a collaborationist force under General Vlasov, changed sides and helped the rebels briefly. Soviet tank armies advanced from several directions, and reached the city, which had already been largely freed by the insurgents, as German forces were ordered to withdraw westward. Fighting went on for a few days after the general German surrender.
Before and after
- 30 April 1945Death of Adolf Hitler
- from 1 May 1945 to 15 August 1945Borneo campaign
- 1 May 1945Death of Joseph Goebbels
- 5 May 1945Battle of Castle Itter
- from 6 May 1945 to 11 May 1945Prague offensive
- from 10 June 1945 to 15 August 1945Battle of North Borneo
- 19 June 1945Birth of Radovan Karadžić
- 19 June 1945Birth of Aung San Suu Kyi
- 26 June 1945Charter of the United Nations
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