A report on Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the Hungarian People's Republic.
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Prague Spring
26 linksPeriod of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), and continued until 21 August 1968, when the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact members invaded the country to suppress the reforms.
Warsaw Pact
13 linksCollective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.
Collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.
Its largest military engagement was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 (with the participation of all Pact nations except Albania and Romania), which, in part, resulted in Albania withdrawing from the Pact less than a month later.
Cold War
13 linksPeriod of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, which began following World War II.
Period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, which began following World War II.
The USSR invaded Czechoslovakia to suppress the 1968 Prague Spring, while the US experienced internal turmoil from the civil rights movement and opposition to the Vietnam War.
Eastern Bloc
17 linksThe group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed during the Cold War .
The group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed during the Cold War .
Albania, which had become increasingly isolated under Stalinist leader Enver Hoxha following de-Stalinization, undergoing a Soviet–Albanian split in 1961, withdrew from the Warsaw Pact in 1968 following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Alexander Dubček
10 linksSlovak politician who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) (de facto leader of Czechoslovakia) from January 1968 to April 1969.
Slovak politician who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) (de facto leader of Czechoslovakia) from January 1968 to April 1969.
He attempted to reform the communist government during the Prague Spring but was forced to resign following the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968.
Czechoslovakia
10 linksSovereign state in Central Europe, created in October 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.
Sovereign state in Central Europe, created in October 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.
A period of political liberalization in 1968, known as the Prague Spring, was violently ended when the Soviet Union, assisted by some other Warsaw Pact countries, invaded Czechoslovakia.
Soviet Union
12 linksTranscontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
In 1968, the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia to halt the Prague Spring reforms.
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
9 linksCommunist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992.
Communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992.
In 1968, party leader Alexander Dubček proposed reforms that included a democratic process and initiated the Prague Spring; this led to the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union.
People's Socialist Republic of Albania
6 linksThe Marxist-Leninist one party state that existed in Albania from 1976 to 1992.
The Marxist-Leninist one party state that existed in Albania from 1976 to 1992.
It was the only Warsaw Pact member to formally withdraw from the alliance before 1990, an action which was occasioned by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968.
Socialist Republic of Romania
6 linksMarxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989.
Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989.
Ceaușescu's denunciation of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and a brief relaxation in internal repression led to a positive image both at home and in the West.