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5-8.05.2010 - is the 65th anniversary of the Prague Uprising, when thousands of Czechs rose up against Nazi occupiers during World War II. The Prague uprising  began on May 5, 1945 and went on until May 8, 1945, ending in a ceasefire the day before the arrival of the Red Army and one day after the Victory in Europe Day. Prague was taken on 9 May, 1945 by Soviet troops during the Prague Offensive. It is estimated that about 345,000 World War II casualties were from Czechoslovakia, 277,000 of them Jews. As many as 144,000 Soviet troops gave their lives for the liberation of Czechoslovakia.