February 6, 2025

The Liberation Festival Pilsen, May 2 – 6, offers a world size and a unique atmosphere

The Liberation Festival Pilsen, May 2 – 6, offers a world size and a unique atmosphere. The celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the liberation by the American army will be extraordinary in scope, program, amount of military historical and contemporary vehicles, but also in the number of cooperating subjects, including foreign…

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February 22, 2025

Plzen begins to build a monument to the liberators from the 97th Infantry Division in the park in Skvrňany

Plzen begins to build a monument to the liberators from the 97th Infantry Division in the park in Skvrňany The construction of the new memorial to the 97th Infantry Division, that participated in the liberation of Czechoslovakia at the turn of April and May 1945, is starting. The memorial, designed by…

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February 27, 2025

The Škoda Plzeň hockey club is preparing a special game for the 80th anniversary of the city’s liberation

The duel of the 51st round Czech ice hockey league with South Bohemian Motor, being the last home game for Pilsen in this year’s regular part of the Tipsport extra league, will be a sign of this year’s eightieth anniversary of the liberation of the city of Pilsen by the American army from…

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March 12, 2025

Liberation Festival Pilsen will offer a varied cultural programme, four music scenes with dozens of bands and singers

A varied cultural programme with dozens of performers will be offered on four stages in the centre of Pilsen during the Liberation Festival, which will commemorate 80 years since the liberation of the city by the American army from 2 to 6 May 2025. The music will be played on…

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March 20, 2025

Thousands of enthusiasts in period military uniforms will occupy the center of Pilsen from 2 to 4 May 2025, when the city will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation by Patton’s army during the Liberation Festival Pilsen.

The period military camps will offer the atmosphere of May 1945 with an emphasis on historical authenticity. For the first time, the celebration will feature a complete American evacuation hospital or military equipment that has not been presented in Pilsen since 1945. The traditional Convoy of liberty will offer over 350…

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March 23, 2025

Meet the steam train with the locomotive Šlechtičná in the Pilsen Region during the Liberation Festival Pilsen

During the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of West Bohemia, a steam train will appear on the tracks of some of the lines in the region. The rides led by the historic steam locomotive 475.111, nicknamed Šlechtična, have been prepared by the Pilsen Region in cooperation with the…

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