Osvobození Prahy

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In Soviet and Russian historiography, the completion of the Prague operation is considered on May 11. But in fact, fierce battles, the persecution of the retreating and the systematic destruction of those who refused to surrender to be captured, and after the elimination of the main German groups and the ROA units, was combined - combing the terrain. So, on May 12, in the area of the city of Pilsen, the Soviet soldiers were overtaken and captured by the ROA column, including General Vlasov. On the night on May 12 near the demarcation line near the village of Slivitsa in the vicinity of the city of Pshibram, during the last day, the remaining retreating were defeated and capitalized the remnants of the retreating days From Prague of Mixed SS divisions, led by the head of the SS Office in Bohemia and Moravia, Osergropenführer, SS Count Carl-Friedrich von Puukler-Burghaus.