Jižní Předměstí in Plzeň-město, Pilsen, Czech Republic — Western Bohemia (Central Europe)

Díky, Ameriko!

Thank You America!

Photographed By Brian Anderson, June 10, 2011

1. Díky, Ameriko! Monument English Column

Inscription. (Czech Column)

Diky,
Ameriko!

Dne 6. Května 1945
město Plzeň
bylo osvobozeno
Americkou Armádou

(English Column)

Thank You
America!

On May 6th 1945
the city of Plzeň
was liberated
by the U.S. Army

(Ground Marker)

6. V. 1945
to the men of the
Sixteenth
Armored
Division
we'll never forget
nikdy nezapomeneme
6. V. 1990

Erected 1990 by the City of Plzeň.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 49° 44.639′ N, 13° 22.358′ E. Marker is in Jižní Předměstí, Plzeňský kraj (Pilsen), in Plzeň-město. Memorial is at the intersection of Americká and Klatovská třída (Federal Highway 27), on the left when traveling west on Americká. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Americká 818, Jižní Předměstí, Plzeňský kraj 301 00, Czech Republic. Touch for directions.

More about this marker. Since I visited the monument in 2011, both the Czech and American columns became unstable and were ultimately removed for several years while repair and restoration

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work was conducted. The newly restored columns were reinstalled at the monument site in May of 2018.

Regarding Díky, Ameriko!. Toward the end of World War II, major portions of Western Bohemia were liberated by the U.S. Third Army. Plzeň was liberated by the 16th Armored Division along with elements of the 97th and 2nd Infantry Divisions which were also supported by the Polish Holy Cross Mountains Brigade. As the Soviet Union liberated the remainder of Czechoslovakia, the country fell under Soviet influence after the war. Only after the fall of the Czechoslovak Communist government in the Velvet Revolution of 1989 was a monument commemorating America's contribution to the country's liberation able to be built.

The city of Plzeň is also commonly known in English as Pilsen.

Díky, Ameriko! Monument Ground Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Anderson, June 10, 2011

2. Díky, Ameriko! Monument Ground Marker

Ground Seal Commemorating the Units Involved in the Liberation of Plzeň image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Anderson, June 10, 2011

3. Ground Seal Commemorating the Units Involved in the Liberation of Plzeň

Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2018, by Brian Anderson of Humble, Texas. This page has been viewed 272 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 29, 2018, by Brian Anderson of Humble, Texas. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.