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Slovak defense minister commemorates victims of Battle of Dukla Pass

Xinhua, September 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Slovak Defence Minister Peter Gajdos visited the Czechoslovak Army Corps Memorial and the military cemetery in Dukla to commemorate victims of the Battle of the Dukla Pass in 1944 on Wednesday.

Dukla Pass was the venue of one of the bloodiest battles in the former Czechoslovakia in autumn 1944.

"It was exactly in these places where the toughest battles for our freedom took place during WWII. This is a beautiful location that is inherently bound to our history, which we have to cherish as a nation. Many men fell in the struggle for our freedom and our serenity in peace," emphasized Gajdos, adding that "our freedom came from the east" -- reiterating the fact the Russian Red Army liberated Slovakia. Endit