21 August 1968

War & Conflict

Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

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On 20–21 August 1968, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four fellow Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, and the Hungarian People's Republic. The invasion stopped Alexander Dubček's Prague Spring liberalisation reforms and strengthened the authoritarian wing of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). About 250,000 Warsaw Pact troops (rising afterwards to about 500,000), supported by thousands of tanks and hundreds of aircraft, participated in the overnight operation, which was code-named Operation Danube.

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Praga 11Engramma.itCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Curych, 2017 (29)DraceaneCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Een vluchtelingenkamp voor Tsjechen bij de Wiener Reichsbrücke (Oostenrijk), Bestanddeelnr 921-6236 (cropped)AnefoCC0Wikimedia Commons
Een vluchtelingenkamp voor Tsjechen bij de Wiener Reichsbrücke (Oostenrijk), Bestanddeelnr 921-6236AnefoCC0Wikimedia Commons
Invasion of Czechoslovakia collageГлавцентроархивCC0Wikimedia Commons
Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, komunistická nástěnkaJan PolákCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Slobodny Vysielac Dunaj 1968 01Tomáš BartovičCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Slobodny Vysielac Dunaj 1968 02Tomáš BartovičCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Yoel Buchwald 02יואל בוכוולד ישראלי, יליד אוסטריה, 1997-1920CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
The open house collection : documents from the military archives of former Warsaw Pact countries in the Library of Congress.UnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress
"Out, out, brief candle"UnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress

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