Early morning, 5 May 2010, at "Staromak" (Old Town Square), on the 65th anniversary of the 3-day Prague Uprising against the German army in 1945, which ended in a ceasefire one day before the Russian army's arrival. For political reasons, US military forces led by General Patton, although much closer to Prague (20 km south), were forced to remain near Plsen, in eastern Bohemia, until the Russians could arrive to "liberate" Prague (returning to occupy Czecho-Slovakia themselves a mere 23 years later).
