Following the First World War, the leaders of Czechoslovakia created new holidays, among them, one celebrating the Battle of Zborov (“Army Day”) on July 2. Together with October 28, the day the Czechoslovak Republic was declared in Prague, Zborov was the main commemorative site on Czechoslovakia’s national-patriotic calendar. Because it was only one of many …
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