Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:10:45 +0200https://english.radio.cz/prague-uprising-how-last-german-held-capital-fought-freedom-8131751© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalParis, Lviv and Prague, over a thousand miles apart yet connected by the fact that they all initiated successful uprisings against their German occupiers during World War II. The Czech capital was the last of the three to do so, but the action arguably preserved the city’s beauty and led to a battle the Czech nation, previously starved of an opportunity to fight, needed. On the date famously named by Winston Churchill as Victory in Europe day, we take the opportunity to explore the story behind the Prague Uprising.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/prazske_povstani_1945.jpg?timestamp=1746434523 https://english.radio.cz/prague-uprising-how-last-german-held-capital-fought-freedom-8131751 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9