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The victims of the Heydrichiad were commemorated by laying flowers at the shooting range in Plzeň - Lobzy today, a site where they were executed.

11. 6. 2025

The victims of the Heydrichiad were commemorated by laying flowers at the shooting range in Plzeň - Lobzy today, a site where they were executed.

Happy 100th Heavenly Birthday to James H. Duncan

11. 6. 2025

Happy 100th Heavenly Birthday to James H. Duncan

Drill Fest 2025 - drill team performance of the armies of Czech and Slovak republic in Pilsen

30. 5. 2025

Drill Fest 2025 - drill team performance of the armies of Czech and Slovak republic in Pilsen

The General Patton Scholarship was awarded to Dominik Reiterman from Plzeň

6. 5. 2025

The General Patton Scholarship was awarded to Dominik Reiterman from Plzeň

President Pavel at the Thank you, America! monument: The policy of appeasement does not pay in war, and it is still true today

6. 5. 2025

President Pavel at the Thank you, America! monument: The policy of appeasement does not pay in war, and it is still true today

Plzeň commemorated the fallen on náměstí Míru

5. 5. 2025

Plzeň commemorated the fallen on náměstí Míru

Liberation festival continues today with Czech Radio Plzeň

5. 5. 2025

Liberation festival continues today with Czech Radio Plzeň

Plzeňský deník: I have been riding the Convoy of Liberty from Kolín to Plzeň for twenty years, says the pilot on a bike

5. 5. 2025

Plzeňský deník: I have been riding the Convoy of Liberty from Kolín to Plzeň for twenty years, says the pilot on a bike

Právo news: No time for girls and beer, recalled American veteran Harry Humason in Plzeň

5. 5. 2025

Právo news: No time for girls and beer, recalled American veteran Harry Humason in Plzeň

Czech television documentary film Plzeň speaks, free Plzeň speaks had its world premiere in Plzeň yesterday

5. 5. 2025

Czech television documentary film Plzeň speaks, free Plzeň speaks had its world premiere in Plzeň yesterday

Convoy of Liberty passed through Pilsen

4. 5. 2025

Convoy of Liberty passed through Pilsen

RAF pilots remembered in Karlov district

4. 5. 2025

RAF pilots remembered in Karlov district

Czech Army demonstrated its equipment at the Lobzy shooting range

4. 5. 2025

Czech Army demonstrated its equipment at the Lobzy shooting range

České noviny: Liberation Festival program culminates in Pilsen, attraction is Convoy of Liberty

4. 5. 2025

České noviny: Liberation Festival program culminates in Pilsen, attraction is Convoy of Liberty

The 97th Infantry Division Memorial was unveiled during the Liberation Festival

4. 5. 2025

The 97th Infantry Division Memorial was unveiled during the Liberation Festival

Almost a thousand people participated in the Run for the Memory of the Nation

3. 5. 2025

Almost a thousand people participated in the Run for the Memory of the Nation

The Bailey Bridge was built by the Belgians in the Plaza park

3. 5. 2025

The Bailey Bridge was built by the Belgians in the Plaza park

The opening of the Liberation Festival offered powerful moments, people filled the square

3. 5. 2025

The opening of the Liberation Festival offered powerful moments, people filled the square

Luc Rensonnet: Liberation Festival is important

3. 5. 2025

Luc Rensonnet: Liberation Festival is important

MFD: Military Car Club Plzeň was at the birth of the Liberation Festival, became famous thanks to jeeps

2. 5. 2025

MFD: Military Car Club Plzeň was at the birth of the Liberation Festival, became famous thanks to jeeps

The five-day Liberation Festival began today with acts of remembrance on Chodské náměstí, in Husova Street and at the General George S. Patton Memorial

2. 5. 2025

The five-day Liberation Festival began today with acts of remembrance on Chodské náměstí, in Husova Street and at the General George S. Patton Memorial

The military-historical program of the Liberation Festival had its first visitors on Friday morning

2. 5. 2025

The military-historical program of the Liberation Festival had its first visitors on Friday morning

Doubravka honoured fallen RAF pilots

2. 5. 2025

Doubravka honoured fallen RAF pilots

American war veteran Harry Humason arrived in Pilsen yesterday

2. 5. 2025

American war veteran Harry Humason arrived in Pilsen yesterday

Liberation Festival begins. They will be officially opened with an evening ceremony

2. 5. 2025

Liberation Festival begins. They will be officially opened with an evening ceremony

The Italian military history club CRCS is heading to Pilsen: History calls us and we answer!

30. 4. 2025

The Italian military history club CRCS is heading to Pilsen: History calls us and we answer!

There will be American wreckers at the Liberation Festival

30. 4. 2025

There will be American wreckers at the Liberation Festival

A new exhibition about American Army Indian Division

30. 4. 2025

A new exhibition about American Army Indian Division

Preparations for the Liberation Festival in Pilsen are at their peak, starting on Friday, May 2

30. 4. 2025

Preparations for the Liberation Festival in Pilsen are at their peak, starting on Friday, May 2

Large-format photographs commemorate the stay of Americans in Pilsen

30. 4. 2025

Large-format photographs commemorate the stay of Americans in Pilsen

A new memorial plaque in Lhota commemorates four American airmen

30. 4. 2025

A new memorial plaque in Lhota commemorates four American airmen

American airmen honored in Křimice

30. 4. 2025

American airmen honored in Křimice

Six US airmen who died in the bombing of Pilsen were remembered in Litice

30. 4. 2025

Six US airmen who died in the bombing of Pilsen were remembered in Litice

A number of places in the region are also joining the celebrations of liberation

25. 4. 2025

A number of places in the region are also joining the celebrations of liberation

Allies, a book for children about the liberation of Pilsen

23. 4. 2025

Allies, a book for children about the liberation of Pilsen

Doubravka commemorated the Allied bombing of April 1945

23. 4. 2025

Doubravka commemorated the Allied bombing of April 1945

The King of Belgium visits the Liberation Festival

23. 4. 2025

The King of Belgium visits the Liberation Festival

týden.cz: Archaeologists in Plzeň are looking for the M.A.S.H. hospital

23. 4. 2025

týden.cz: Archaeologists in Plzeň are looking for the M.A.S.H. hospital

Czechia through the lens: Plzeň talks, free Plzeň talks...

23. 4. 2025

Czechia through the lens: Plzeň talks, free Plzeň talks...

Aktuálně.cz: Back after 80 years. The flag taken by the American liberators returned to the Czech Republic

14. 4. 2025

Aktuálně.cz: Back after 80 years. The flag taken by the American liberators returned to the Czech Republic

Viktoria will kick off the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Pilsen by the U.S. Army with a match against Prague Dukla

14. 4. 2025

Viktoria will kick off the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Pilsen by the U.S. Army with a match against Prague Dukla

American veterans go back to Pilsen. There will be at least one

11. 4. 2025

American veterans go back to Pilsen. There will be at least one

The Liberation Festival Pilsen has special edition groceries. They made it together with the COOP retail chain stores.

10. 4. 2025

The Liberation Festival Pilsen has special edition groceries. They made it together with the COOP retail chain stores.

A steam train with the locomotive Šlechtična (The Noble) will run along the Pilsen Region tracks during the Liberation Festival in Pilsen.

10. 4. 2025

A steam train with the locomotive Šlechtična (The Noble) will run along the Pilsen Region tracks during the Liberation Festival in Pilsen.

Ladislav Larry Světlík, a colonel and pilot of the 312th Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron of the RAF, was born in Pilsen 108 years ago.

10. 4. 2025

Ladislav Larry Světlík, a colonel and pilot of the 312th Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron of the RAF, was born in Pilsen 108 years ago.

Works on the 97th Infantry Division Memorial continue successfully.

10. 4. 2025

Works on the 97th Infantry Division Memorial continue successfully.

The Liberation Festival Pilsen will have a variety of cultural programs.

10. 4. 2025

The Liberation Festival Pilsen will have a variety of cultural programs.

The Liberation Festival Pilsen will have its own beer again. It will be called Veteran.

10. 4. 2025

The Liberation Festival Pilsen will have its own beer again. It will be called Veteran.

James H. Duncan, one of the liberators of Pilsen, died three years ago

10. 4. 2025

James H. Duncan, one of the liberators of Pilsen, died three years ago