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Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 30, 2025 shows the tip of the No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province. The No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge on the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway was topped out on Tuesday, making it the first one of its kind to be topped out along the entire railway line. At a height of 294 meters, roughly that of a 100-story building, the tower sets a new world record for the tallest bridge tower built in the sea. The Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge is shared by the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway and the Ningbo-Zhoushan Expressway to get across the Xihoumen waterway in Zhoushan. Photo by Huang Zongzhi /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 30, 2025 shows the No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province. The No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge on the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway was topped out on Tuesday, making it the first one of its kind to be topped out along the entire railway line. At a height of 294 meters, roughly that of a 100-story building, the tower sets a new world record for the tallest bridge tower built in the sea. The Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge is shared by the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway and the Ningbo-Zhoushan Expressway to get across the Xihoumen waterway in Zhoushan. Photo by Huang Zongzhi /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 30, 2025 shows the tip of the No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province. The No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge on the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway was topped out on Tuesday, making it the first one of its kind to be topped out along the entire railway line. At a height of 294 meters, roughly that of a 100-story building, the tower sets a new world record for the tallest bridge tower built in the sea. The Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge is shared by the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway and the Ningbo-Zhoushan Expressway to get across the Xihoumen waterway in Zhoushan. Photo by Huang Zongzhi /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge - China

Workers operate at the construction site of the No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, December 30, 2025. The No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge on the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway was topped out on Tuesday, making it the first one of its kind to be topped out along the entire railway line. At a height of 294 meters, roughly that of a 100-story building, the tower sets a new world record for the tallest bridge tower built in the sea. The Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge is shared by the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway and the Ningbo-Zhoushan Expressway to get across the Xihoumen waterway in Zhoushan. Photo by Huang Zongzhi /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 30, 2025 shows the No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province. The No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge on the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway was topped out on Tuesday, making it the first one of its kind to be topped out along the entire railway line. At a height of 294 meters, roughly that of a 100-story building, the tower sets a new world record for the tallest bridge tower built in the sea. The Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge is shared by the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway and the Ningbo-Zhoushan Expressway to get across the Xihoumen waterway in Zhoushan. Photo by Huang Zongzhi /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge - China

Workers operate at the construction site of the No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, December 30, 2025. The No. 5 main tower of the Xihoumen highway-railway bridge on the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway was topped out on Tuesday, making it the first one of its kind to be topped out along the entire railway line. At a height of 294 meters, roughly that of a 100-story building, the tower sets a new world record for the tallest bridge tower built in the sea. The Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge is shared by the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway and the Ningbo-Zhoushan Expressway to get across the Xihoumen waterway in Zhoushan. Photo by Huang Zongzhi /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Summer Activities

FRANCE, FRENCH RIVIERA. ALPES-MARITIMES (06) CANNES, FIRST LINER BUILT BY THE DISNEY CRUISE LINE, THE DISNEY MAGIC WAS INAUGURATED IN 1998, THEN RENOVATED IN 2013. 294 M LONG, THE GIANT OF THE SEAS CAN ACCOMMODATE ON BOARD MORE THAN 2,500 PASSENGERS AND 945 CREW MEMBERS Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Cannes Croisette

FRANCE, ALPES-MARITIMES (06) CANNES, THE FIRST LINER BUILT BY THE DISNEY CRUISE LINE, THE DISNEY MAGIC WAS INAUGURATED IN 1998 THEN RENOVATED IN 2013. 294 METERS LONG, 52 METERS HIGH AND 32 METERS WIDE, THE GIANT OF THE SEAS CAN ACCOMMODATE ON BOARD 2,500 PASSENGERS AND 945 CREW MEMBERS. Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Cannes Croisette

FRANCE, FRENCH RIVIERA. ALPES-MARITIMES (06) CANNES, FIRST LINER BUILT BY THE DISNEY CRUISE LINE, THE DISNEY MAGIC WAS INAUGURATED IN 1998, THEN RENOVATED IN 2013. 294 M LONG, THE GIANT OF THE SEAS CAN ACCOMMODATE ON BOARD MORE THAN 2,500 PASSENGERS AND 945 CREW MEMBERS Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Libya deports 486 illegal migrants

STORY: Libya deports 486 illegal migrants DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:55 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of the illegal migrants 3. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Libyan Interior Minister Emad al-Tarabelsi announced Monday that 486 illegal migrants have been deported to their countries of origin. In a press conference following the announcement, the minister said that 294 of them are from Egypt. Al-Tarabelsi said that the deportees include those recently left stranded near the Tunisian border after being expelled by Tunisian authorities. "The international community and the European Union must help Libya to reduce this phenomenon, which has burdened the country with the presence of large numbers of migrants," al-Tarabelsi said. "The Ministry of the Interior has launched an expanded security campaign ... to arrest human traffickers and refer them to court. These efforts will be intensified in the future," he said

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Southwest China's bronze culture put on display in Chengdu

STORY: Southwest China's bronze culture put on display in Chengdu DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG JIANHUA, Curator STORYLINE: An exhibition featuring the Bronze civilization in the southwest region of China opened Saturday in the southwestern city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. It shows the social features, religious beliefs, and artistic aesthetics of southwest China in ancient times, and reveals the unified and diversified development pattern of the Chinese civilization. A total of 294 pieces or sets of precious cultural relics, mainly bronzeware from as early as the Neolithic Age and as late as the Qin and Han dynasties (221 B.C.-220 A.D.), are on display at the Jinsha Site Museum. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG JIANHUA, Curator "The exhibition brings together 294 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics from the collections of 32 museums in five provincial-level regions

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6 killed, 296 injured in new quakes in Türkiye's Hatay: disaster agency

STORY: 6 killed, 296 injured in new quakes in Türkiye's Hatay: disaster agency DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of locals on the street 2. various of earthquake hitting Hatay on Feb. 20 STORYLINE: At least six people were killed and 294 others injured in Monday's new earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southern province of Hatay, a local disaster agency said Tuesday. The twin earthquakes, measuring 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude respectively, came two weeks after the massive ones rocked the same region on Feb. 6 that have killed more than 41,000. According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, the first 6.4-magnitude quake jolted Hatay's Defne district at about 8:04 p.m. local time (1704 GMT), before the second 5.8-magnitude one arrived three minutes later, with the epicenter in Samandag district. The residents in Hatay, whose houses were damaged or destroyed, flocked to the intercity bus terminal and started to leave the provi

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(230221) -- HATAY (TÜRKIYE), Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People walk past a destroyed building in the quake-hit Hatay, Türkiye, on Feb. 21, 2023. At least six people were killed and 294 others injured in Monday's new earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southern province of Hatay, the disaster agency said Tuesday. The twin earthquakes, measuring 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude respectively, came two weeks after the massive ones rocked the same region on Feb. 6 that have killed more than 41,000. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(230221) -- HATAY (TÜRKIYE), Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People sit by a fire near the rubble of a destroyed building in the quake-hit Hatay, Türkiye, on Feb. 21, 2023. At least six people were killed and 294 others injured in Monday's new earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southern province of Hatay, the disaster agency said Tuesday. The twin earthquakes, measuring 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude respectively, came two weeks after the massive ones rocked the same region on Feb. 6 that have killed more than 41,000. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(230221) -- HATAY (TÜRKIYE), Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator clears debris in the quake-hit Hatay, Türkiye, on Feb. 21, 2023. At least six people were killed and 294 others injured in Monday's new earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southern province of Hatay, the disaster agency said Tuesday. The twin earthquakes, measuring 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude respectively, came two weeks after the massive ones rocked the same region on Feb. 6 that have killed more than 41,000. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(230221) -- HATAY (TÜRKIYE), Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child walks past tents in the quake-hit Hatay, Türkiye, on Feb. 21, 2023. At least six people were killed and 294 others injured in Monday's new earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southern province of Hatay, the disaster agency said Tuesday. The twin earthquakes, measuring 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude respectively, came two weeks after the massive ones rocked the same region on Feb. 6 that have killed more than 41,000. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(230221) -- HATAY (TÜRKIYE), Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023 shows a damaged building in the quake-hit Hatay, Türkiye. At least six people were killed and 294 others injured in Monday's new earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southern province of Hatay, the disaster agency said Tuesday. The twin earthquakes, measuring 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude respectively, came two weeks after the massive ones rocked the same region on Feb. 6 that have killed more than 41,000. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(230221) -- HATAY (TÜRKIYE), Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An excavator clears debris in the quake-hit Hatay, Türkiye, on Feb. 21, 2023. At least six people were killed and 294 others injured in Monday's new earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southern province of Hatay, the disaster agency said Tuesday. The twin earthquakes, measuring 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude respectively, came two weeks after the massive ones rocked the same region on Feb. 6 that have killed more than 41,000. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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Moving inside Diet building

TOKYO, Japan - Moving company workers on Dec. 21, 2012 carry a board bearing the Democratic Party of Japan's logo and slogan, which has been used by the party as a backdrop when its officials held press conferences, inside the Diet building in Tokyo, where political parties began relocating lounges for their lawmakers following the Dec. 16 general election. Customarily, each party gets space for a lounge whose size is in proportion to the number of its parliamentary seats. The DPJ, which saw its number of seats plunge to 57 from 230 in the 480-seat House of Representatives, is giving up a wide space on the front side of the second floor of the building to the Liberal Democratic Party, which increased its seats to 294 from 119.

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New expressway opens to traffic in China's Xinjiang

STORY: New expressway opens to traffic in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:48 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yetimbulak-Ruoqiang expressway STORYLINE: The third expressway connecting Xinjiang with other parts of China has opened to traffic. The 294-km highway has a designed speed of 120 km per hour. The travel time is reduced by half to around 3 hours between the two destinations. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China. (XHTV)

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Fraudulent claims cost 527 mln euros to EU in 2021 - OLAF report

STORY: Fraudulent claims cost 527 mln euros to EU in 2021 - OLAF report DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:40 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the EU Commission in Brussels 2. various of production of Euro banknotes 3. various of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt Germany 4. various of COVID-19 vaccination center 5. various of Green energy new technologies 6. various of illicit cigarettes STORYLINE: In 2021, a total of 527.4 million euros (564 million U.S. dollars) in European Union (EU) funds were used fraudulently, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) said in its annual report published on Wednesday. OLAF recommends the recovery of this sum. In its report, the office unveils emerging fraud trends on a wide range of issues and provides details on investigations on fraud schemes damaging the environment. In 2021, OLAF concluded 212 investigations and issued 294 recommendations to the relevant national and EU authorities. It also opened 234 new investigations.

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CHINA-TIANJIN-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL SEASON (CN)

(220117) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2022 shows a view of Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin. The COVID-19 outbreak in Tianjin has posed challenges for the city to keep a safe and orderly Spring Festival travel rush. As of Sunday, a total of 294 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 asymptomatic cases have been detected in the latest resurgence in Tianjin. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL SEASON (CN)

(220117) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks the nucleic acid testing report of a passenger at the entrance of Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2022. The COVID-19 outbreak in Tianjin has posed challenges for the city to keep a safe and orderly Spring Festival travel rush. As of Sunday, a total of 294 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 asymptomatic cases have been detected in the latest resurgence in Tianjin. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/L.....

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CHINA-TIANJIN-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL SEASON (CN)

(220117) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member guides a passenger to the checking in counter at Tianjin Binhai International Airport in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2022. The COVID-19 outbreak in Tianjin has posed challenges for the city to keep a safe and orderly Spring Festival travel rush. As of Sunday, a total of 294 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 asymptomatic cases have been detected in the latest resurgence in Tianjin. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL SEASON (CN)

(220117) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2022 shows staff members sitting at the domestic arrival exit of Tianjin Binhai International Airport in north China's Tianjin. The COVID-19 outbreak in Tianjin has posed challenges for the city to keep a safe and orderly Spring Festival travel rush. As of Sunday, a total of 294 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 asymptomatic cases have been detected in the latest resurgence in Tianjin. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/Li.....

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CHINA-TIANJIN-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL SEASON (CN)

(220117) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Passengers walk in the waiting hall of Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2022. The COVID-19 outbreak in Tianjin has posed challenges for the city to keep a safe and orderly Spring Festival travel rush. As of Sunday, a total of 294 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 asymptomatic cases have been detected in the latest resurgence in Tianjin. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL SEASON (CN)

(220117) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A passenger is seen at a counter at Tianjin Binhai International Airport in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2022. The COVID-19 outbreak in Tianjin has posed challenges for the city to keep a safe and orderly Spring Festival travel rush. As of Sunday, a total of 294 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 asymptomatic cases have been detected in the latest resurgence in Tianjin. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL SEASON (CN)

(220117) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A passenger talks with a staff member at Tianjin Binhai International Airport in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2022. The COVID-19 outbreak in Tianjin has posed challenges for the city to keep a safe and orderly Spring Festival travel rush. As of Sunday, a total of 294 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 asymptomatic cases have been detected in the latest resurgence in Tianjin. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, bomber B17-G

The memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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White Carpathians on North East view from the memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec

North East view from the memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, bomber B17-G

The memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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White Carpathians on South West view (direction Nova Bosaca) from the memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec

South West view from the memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, bomber B17-G

The memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, bomber B17-G

The memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)