EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 3 MIN
Czechoslovak WWII paratroopers honoured in “living” linden tree memorial
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František Moravec, Jan Kubiš, Adolf Opálka and Jaroslav Krátky are well-known names to Czechs. They are paratroopers, who escaped to Great Britain where they were trained by the RAF and parachuted into occupied Czechoslovakia to fight the Nazis in WWII. Now they are linked by a very special memorial – an alley of linden trees in the Vysočina region, south-east of Prague.
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František Moravec, Jan Kubiš, Adolf Opálka and Jaroslav Krátky are well-known names to Czechs. They are paratroopers, who escaped to Great Britain where they were trained by the RAF and parachuted into occupied Czechoslovakia to fight the Nazis in WWII. Now they are linked by a very special memorial – an alley of linden trees in the Vysočina region, south-east of Prague.
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