On May 8, the German command signed an act of unconditional surrender, but Army Group Center continued to resist. Saving the rebellious citizens of Prague, the 3rd and 4th Tank Armies of the 1st Ukrainian Front made a rapid 80-kilometer rush on the night of May 9 and entered Prague on the morning of May 9. On the same day the advanced units of the 2nd and 4th Ukrainian Fronts approached Prague. On May 10-11, the main forces of the enemy troops began to surrender, and a total of 860 thousand Nazi soldiers and officers were captured during the operation. At the same time our troops came into contact with the 3rd American Army, thus completing the battles to destroy the German troops on the territory of Czechoslovakia. In total, more than 140 thousand Soviet soldiers died for the liberation of this country. This was the last operation of the Soviet troops in Europe during the Second World War.
The lecture is read by Alexei Isaev.
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Негізгі бет The end of Army Group "Center" May 1945. Alexei Isaev. History of the Second World War.
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