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Město Plzeň
June 13, 2024
The city of Pilsen participated in the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France from 5 to 9 June 2024. This largest landing operation in military history, which began in Normandy on June 6, 1942, marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazism. Representatives of the West Bohemian…
June 13, 2024
Happy heave 99th birthday of the liberator of the city of Pilsen and southwest Bohemia, a wonderful and modest person, a friend, James Herbert Cavanaugh Duncan, a member of Company F, 38th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. James passed away on April 1, 2022. Lest we forget!
June 6, 2024
Today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy. Allied veterans participate attend the ceremonies. Among them veterans, who participated in the liberation of southwestern Bohemia or whose families come from Czechoslovakia. They represent the following units of the US Army – 16th Armored Division, 4th Armored…
June 5, 2024
For the celebrations commemorating the 80th anniversary of the landing of the Allies on the coast of France in World War II, 35 historic military vehicles of the US Army and a group of about 100 people living hitory clubs are heading to Normandy from Pilsen. Deputy Mayor Lucie Kantorová will…
May 28, 2024
Today the hero, veteran, liberator of southwestern Bohemia, member of the 97th Infantry Division, Fremont Gruss, celebrates his 100th birthday. Happy Birthday and all the best!
April 26, 2024
The Liberation Festival Pilsen 2024 starts with Republic Square opening ceremony attended by relatives of US and Belgian veterans. A group of approximately 30 family members, descendants of American and Belgian veterans who participated in the liberation of Pilsen and Western Bohemia, sets sail to the Liberation Festival Pilsen. They…