D-Day and Ve-Day in Czechoslovakian/Czech, British, American and Russian Newspapers

The dissertation D-Day and VE-Day in Czechoslovakian/Czech, British, American and Russian Newspapers deals with comparison and analysis of methods used by central newspapers published in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic/Czech Republic, Great Britain, USA and Soviet Union/Russian Federation in order to provide readers with information about D-Day in Normandy and Victory Day (VE-Day) in Europe. The articles published in selected periodicals Rudé právo/Právo, The Guardian, The New York Times and Izvestija are analysed from the 1980s to 2015. The first chapter focuses on description of historical background and circumstances which led to the Allied invasion to Normandy in June 1944 and subsequent liberation of Europe in May 1945. The end of the first chapter concentrates description of current situation connected to commemoration of these two anniversaries in 2014 and 2015. The aims and methods of the research as well as the development of the press in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic/Czech Republic, Great Britain, USA and Soviet Union/Russian Federation are characterised in the second chapter. In the third chapter the selected periodicals are examined and then compared. The end of the third chapter is devoted to verification of initial hypothesis. The conclusion is drawn in the Czech language and is..