Prague offensive

Prague offensive
Part of The eastern front of the European theatre of World War II
Map of the Prague offensive
Date 6 May - 11 May 1945 Location Czechia Result (Mostly) Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany remaining forces of the Slovak Republic[source?]	Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia  Romania Czech Resistance Russian Liberation Army

The Prague offensive, was the last major military operation of the Eastern Front of World War II and the European theatre of World War II. The fighting lasted from 6 May - 11 May 1945. The main target of the offensive was the city of Prague i which was the capital city of Czechoslovakia before Czechoslovakias occupation by Nazi Germany in 1939. The fighting ended a few days after the official german surrender on 7/8 May.

On 2 May 1945, the Soviet captured Berlin after an 18 day fight for the city. At this point there is still fighting in Europe in both east and west, but on 7 May^[2] Germany signs its unconditional surrender. But the Soviets have a new offensive in plan. on the sixth the Prague offensive begins, the Soviets enter Breslau and Dresden. The Soviets are also joined with the Polish, Czechoslovak, and Romanian armies. The forces enter Czechia from the north-east border with Germany (who now has surrendered). The Soviets reach Prague on the ninth, just after noon the same day, forces from the south-east of the front link up with the forces that have already entered Prague.

during the campaign, the Czech resistance started an uprising on the fifth with the the Russian liberation army (a collaborationist army that has been fighting with the Axis but now believe it is a hopeless cause) but soon they resistance betrays them and the leaders try to escape into American custody. But they fail and get executed by the Czech partisans and/or the Soviet Red Army. Meanwhile in Prague, the resistance succeeds fighting the Germans and before the Soviets arrive, the Germans surrender in Prague.

1. ↑ World War Two (2024-05-04), Week 297 - Allied Victory in Berlin, Italy, and Burma! - WW2 - May 4, 1945, retrieved 2024-12-10
2. ↑ The first surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims, France, but the Soviets rejected the surrender and so there was another surrender in the already captured city of Berlin on the 8th^[1].