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On this Sunday I visited annual celebration of the liberation Plzen /Pilsen/ city at the end of II WW 1945 and The memorial of general Patton

Plzeň remembers welcoming Patton's Third Army after 63 years and rolls
out once-forbidden memorabilia of the liberation from the Nazis

This article "Heroes' welcome" about a true
history is from last yearīs paper The prague post in English

http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2007/05/09/heroes-welcome.php
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May 06 2008 00:21 GMT Tom33 PRO
Interesting reference and a good read. A good reflection on history.
May 06 2008 07:26 GMT senna3 PRO
Wonderful tribute Claudia, excellent entry!
May 06 2008 09:48 GMT abojovna
Thank you Tom and Peter, for comment and understanding!
May 06 2008 11:03 GMT hans55 PRO
very good and interresting !!!
May 06 2008 11:06 GMT abojovna
Thank you Hans, you can see this memorial virtual here...

http://espritplzen.cz/index.php?obj=patton&sec=info
http://www.virtualtravel.cz/patton-memorial-pilsen.html
May 06 2008 11:22 GMT hans55 PRO
a very interresting museum !! ... was CZ liberated by Patton ??
May 06 2008 11:41 GMT abojovna
Only Plzen city from the West ... The Red Sowiet Army was in front of Prague from East, the Patton US army form west ... Sowiet generality forbade to US Army of general Patton continue to Prague ... itīs sad history and mendacious story ...
May 06 2008 11:49 GMT abojovna
To Hans: I repair ... better oposit say: itīs sad story and mendacious history ...
May 06 2008 12:33 GMT junne
and i was in prague when it happened. we were trying to escape the russians, but there they were as we came around a corner. the whole street full of russian tanks. i was still a kid. :-)))
May 06 2008 12:42 GMT Minou
Wonderful entry !
May 06 2008 13:26 GMT abojovna
Itīs true dear junne! But some carrs of a US Army were aproach in Prague too, but without action!
May 06 2008 19:05 GMT otilia
Wonderful tribute
May 06 2008 23:11 GMT jceca PRO
great choice for this tuesday ....
May 07 2008 02:37 GMT Poulet PRO
This is great, dear Claudia!