We kind of laugh because I have friends who are of Czech descent, and some who are Slovakian, and others who are Moravian,” said Chybik, 26, a nurse living in southwest suburban Countryside.

Twenty-five years ago this weekend, the fates of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were sealed. Though the countries were created in a similar way after World War I, they ended up very differently.

Command Decisions, published by the Department of the Army’s Office ... civilians died in Prague and the American reputation in Czechoslovakia was tainted by the failure to take the capital.

In late May, a few weeks after Nazi Germany surrendered, the 8th Armored Division was ordered to Czechoslovakia to assist in the processing of prisoners of war, operating displaced person camps ...

On the morning of May 6, 1945, the 16th Armored Division under Patton, with support from the Belgians, entered the city, encountering light resistance. Three years later, Czechoslovakia fell under ...