World War II: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_uprising" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prague uprising">Prague uprising</a> begins as an attempt by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_resistance" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Czech resistance">Czech resistance</a> to free the city from <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German occupation of Czechoslovakia">German occupation</a>.