Czechoslovakia

Czech resistance members and civilians fighting during the Prague Uprising, which took place between 5-9 May 1945. After six years of German occupation, but with the end of WWII in Europe looming closer, German forces in Bohemia and Moravia were attacked by civilians on May 5th 1945, with help from …

SS and Gestapo personnel attempting to flood the crypt of Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague, where four members of Operation Anthropoid (the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich) were hidden. June 18th, 1942. You can see bullet holes above the crypt window (right of the image), which are still there …