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An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/krD_GSPHhNL2IejCI7diCQ==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

From 30 April-1 May 1945, the Waffen-SS Senior Group Leader (Obergruppenführer) and General of Police Karl Hermann Frank announced over the radio in Prague that he would drown any uprising in a "sea of blood". As rumors of an impending Allied approach reached Prague, the people of Prague streamed into the streets to welcome the victors. Frank ordered the streets to be cleared and instructed the German army and police forces in Prague to fire at anyone who disobeyed.

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rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Battle for Czech Radio
rdfs:comment
  • From 30 April-1 May 1945, the Waffen-SS Senior Group Leader (Obergruppenführer) and General of Police Karl Hermann Frank announced over the radio in Prague that he would drown any uprising in a "sea of blood". As rumors of an impending Allied approach reached Prague, the people of Prague streamed into the streets to welcome the victors. Frank ordered the streets to be cleared and instructed the German army and police forces in Prague to fire at anyone who disobeyed.
Strength
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • Unknown
  • >213 Waffen-SS
  • Airplane Messerschmitt Bf-109
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Partof
  • the Prague uprising
Date
  • --05-05
Commander
  • Unknown
  • Captain Palička
  • Captain Valter
  • Jaroslav Záruba
Casualties
  • 89(xsd:integer)
  • Unknown
Result
  • Czech victory
combatant
  • Czech resistance *Prague rebels Great Britain
Place
  • Czech Radio
Conflict
  • Battle for Czech Radio
Units
  • Czechoslovakia policy
abstract
  • From 30 April-1 May 1945, the Waffen-SS Senior Group Leader (Obergruppenführer) and General of Police Karl Hermann Frank announced over the radio in Prague that he would drown any uprising in a "sea of blood". As rumors of an impending Allied approach reached Prague, the people of Prague streamed into the streets to welcome the victors. Frank ordered the streets to be cleared and instructed the German army and police forces in Prague to fire at anyone who disobeyed.
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