3rd U.S. Army and 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade - Klatovy, Czech Republic
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Two memorial tablets on wall of Klatovy city hall.
Waymark Code: WMJBJT
Location: Plzeňský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/25/2013
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Two memorial tablets on wall of Klatovy city hall reminds a liberation of Klatovy town from Nazis in 1945 by 3rd U.S. Army and 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade.
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.
Plaque Inscription:
CZ
DNE 5. KVETNA L. P. 1945 BYLY KLATOVY OSVOBOZENY OD NEMECKÉ NADVLÁDY SEVEROAMERICKÝMI VOJSKY III. ARMÁDY GEN. G. S. PATTONA
NA PAMET BUDOUCÍM VENOVÁNO OBCÍ MESTA KLATOV
NA PAMET CESKOSLOVENSKÉ SAMOSTATNÉ BRIGÁDY, JEJÍŽ BOJOVÁ CESTA SKONCILA
V KVETNU 1945 NA NÁMESTÍ V KLATOVECH.
ZÁRÍ 2013 VENOVALO MESTO KLATOVA A SPOLEK KLATOVAN.
EN
TO FUTURE GENERATIONS IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LIBERATION OF KLATOVY ON 5TH MAY 1945 FROM THE GERMAN OPPRESSORS BY GENERAL G. S. PATTON THIRD U. S. ARMY
THIS PLAQUE IS PRESENTED BY THE TOWN OF KLATOVY
IN MEMORY OF CZECHOSLOVAK INDEPENDENT BRIGADE, WHOSE MARTIAL JOURNEY ENDED IN MAY 1945, ON THE SQUARE IN KLATOVY.
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