3rd U.S. Army and 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade - Kasejovice, Czech Republic
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The monument dedicated to liberation of the village from Nazis by the U.S. Army and the arrival of 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade.
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Location: Plzeňský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/06/2013
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The 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group (Czech: Ceskoslovenská samostatná obrnená brigáda) was an armoured unit of expatriate Czechoslovaks organised and equipped by the United Kingdom during the Second World War in 1943.
The brigade landed in Normandy in August 1944 and was given the mission of containing the German-held port of Dunkirk for the rest of the war in Europe. In May 1945, the brigade moved to Czechoslovakia and was absorbed into the Czechoslovak Army.
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Plaque Inscription:
CZ: Na pamet osvobození obce 3. americkou armádou 6. kvetna 1945 a príjezdu Cs. obrnené brigády 22. kvetna 1945
EN: In commemoration of the liberation of the village by Third United States Army on 6 May 1945 and the arrival of 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade on May 22 1945.