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A podcast about Czech history, culture, society, and life in general. Whether you are an English-speaking ex-pat in Prague, Brno, or any other Czech city, or a descendant of Czechs who left for a better life in America, Australia, or Britain, this is the place to learn something interesting about Czechia. read less

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The Story of May '45 in Czechoslovakia

The Story of May '45 in Czechoslovakia

Could the post-war fate of Czechoslovakia really be different, if Americans liberated Prague? And why did the US Army send a mission to Lázně Velichovka in Eastern Bohemia, when the fighting was still raging in much of the country at the beginning of May 1945? These are just some of the many more questions for historian Vít Smetana from the Institute of Contemporary History in Prague.