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Kobylisy Shooting Range is a former military shooting range located in Kobylisy, a northern suburb of Prague, Czech Republic.[1]

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  1. 34 relations: Alois Eliáš, Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Austria-Hungary, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Czechs, Evžen Rošický, Execution by firing squad, František Erben, Františka Plamínková, General officer, Gorazd Pavlík, Housing estate, Incineration, Josef Mašín, Karl Hermann Frank, Kobylisy, Kobylisy (Prague Metro), Ládví (Prague Metro), Lidice, Lieutenant colonel, Military, Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945), Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, Panelák, Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Shooting range, Sokol movement, Strašnice Crematorium, Three Kings (Czech anti-Nazi resistance), Vladislav Vančura, World War II.

  2. 1942 in Czechoslovakia
  3. Execution sites
  4. Mass murder in 1942
  5. Nazi war crimes in Czechoslovakia
  6. Prague in World War II
  7. Shooting ranges in the Czech Republic
  8. World War II sites in the Czech Republic

Alois Eliáš

Alois Eliáš (29 September 1890 – 19 June 1942) was a Czech general and politician.

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Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Heydrich, the commander of the German Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), the acting governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and a principal architect of the Holocaust, was assassinated during the Second World War in a coordinated operation by the Czechoslovak resistance. Kobylisy Shooting Range and Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich are 1942 in Czechoslovakia and Prague in World War II.

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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Czechs

The Czechs (Češi,; singular Czech, masculine: Čech, singular feminine: Češka), or the Czech people (Český lid), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language.

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Evžen Rošický

Evžen Rošický (15 October 1914 Olomouc – 25 June 1942 Prague) was a Czech athlete and journalist.

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Execution by firing squad

Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.

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František Erben

František Erben (27 November 1874 – 9 June 1942) was a gymnast, trainer, and educator from Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic.

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Františka Plamínková

Františka Plamínková (5 February 1875 – 30 June 1942) was a Czech feminist and suffrage activist.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.

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Gorazd Pavlík

Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj Pavlík (26 May 1879 – 4 September 1942), was the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia after World War I. During World War II, having provided refuge for the assassins of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, called The Hangman of Prague, in the cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague, Gorazd took full responsibility for protecting the patriots after the Schutzstaffel found them in the crypt of the cathedral, hoping to minimize Nazi reprisals on his congregation.

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Housing estate

A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development.

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Incineration

Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials.

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Josef Mašín

Josef Mašín (26 August 1896 – 30 June 1942) was an army officer of Czechoslovakia and member of the underground resistance against the Nazis.

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Karl Hermann Frank

Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a Sudeten German Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II.

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Kobylisy

Kobylisy is a district in the north of Prague, located in Prague 8.

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Kobylisy (Prague Metro)

Kobylisy is a Prague Metro station on Line C, located in the district of Kobylisy.

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Ládví (Prague Metro)

Ládví is a Prague Metro station on Line C, located in Kobylisy, Prague 8.

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Lidice

Lidice (Liditz) is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

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Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)

The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia. Kobylisy Shooting Range and occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945) are 1942 in Czechoslovakia.

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Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia (Pravoslavná církev v Českých zemích a na Slovensku; Pravoslávna cirkev v českých krajinách a na Slovensku) is a self-governing body of the Eastern Orthodox Church that territorially covers the countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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Panelák

Panelák is a colloquial term in Czech and Slovak for a large panel system panel building constructed of pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete, such as those extant in the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in the world.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was established on 16 March 1939 after the German occupation of the Czech lands.

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Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Czechoslovak resistance to the German occupation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II began after the occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia and the formation of the protectorate on 15 March 1939.

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Shooting range

A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue, or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice, or competitions.

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Sokol movement

The Sokol movement (falcon) is an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner.

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Strašnice Crematorium

Strašnice Crematorium (Krematorium Strašnice) is the largest crematory in Europe in terms of area. Kobylisy Shooting Range and Strašnice Crematorium are buildings and structures in Prague.

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Three Kings (Czech anti-Nazi resistance)

Three Kings (Tři králové) was a Czech resistance group from 1939 to 1942.

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Vladislav Vančura

Vladislav Vančura (23 June 1891 – 1 June 1942) was a Czech writer.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

1942 in Czechoslovakia

Execution sites

Mass murder in 1942

Nazi war crimes in Czechoslovakia

Prague in World War II

Shooting ranges in the Czech Republic

  • Kobylisy Shooting Range

World War II sites in the Czech Republic

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobylisy_Shooting_Range

Also known as Kobylisy Firing Range.