Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

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The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia was a 1968 military intervention by Soviet-led Eastern Bloc forces that crushed the liberalizing Prague Spring reforms and reasserted hardline communist control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event
armed intervention
military invasion
aircraftUsed Soviet Air Force aircraft
alsoKnownAs Operation Danube
casualtiesCiviliansKilled approximately 100
casualtiesCiviliansWounded hundreds
commandedBy Andrei Grechko
Ivan Yakubovsky
Soviet High Command
conflict Prague Spring
countryInvaded Czechoslovakia
endDate 1968-08-21
followedBy Brezhnev Doctrine
normalization in Czechoslovakia
historicalSignificance damaged image of socialism worldwide
deepened East–West tensions
demonstrated limits of reform within Soviet bloc
invadingAlliance Warsaw Pact
invadingCountry Bulgaria
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Soviet Union
justificationClaimedByUSSR defense of socialism
request for fraternal assistance
location Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Prague
mediaCoverage extensive international condemnation
nonParticipatingWarsawPactMember Albania
Romania
notableEvent arrest and deportation of Alexander Dubček to Moscow
occupation of Prague by Warsaw Pact troops
opponent Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
linked to: Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak citizens
Czechoslovakia
opposedBy Czechoslovak public
Romania
Western governments
Yugoslavia
partOf Cold War
precededBy Action Programme of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
linked to: Prague Spring

Prague Spring reforms
linked to: Prague Spring
relatedDoctrine Brezhnev Doctrine
relatedTo Soviet intervention in Hungary in 1956
result long-term Soviet military presence in Czechoslovakia
reimposition of hardline communist rule
strengthening of Brezhnev Doctrine
suppression of Prague Spring
startDate 1968-08-20
tankStrengthInvadingForces approximately 2000
targetGovernment Czechoslovak Communist Party leadership
targetLeader Alexander Dubček
troopStrengthInvadingForces approximately 200000
over 200000
UNAction debated in United Nations Security Council
vetoed by Soviet Union in Security Council
year 1968

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Czechoslovakia significantEvent Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Prague Spring endedBy Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Układ Warszawski significantEvent Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Operation Whirlwind relatedTo Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
LWP participatedIn Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček opposedBy Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček event Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
linked to: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Bulgarian People's Army participatedIn Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Bulgarian People's Army participatedIn 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
linked to: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Air Force conflict Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Ludvík Svoboda participantIn Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Polish–Soviet relations hasKeyEvent 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
linked to: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Army participatedIn Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Soviet interventions in Eastern Europe usesMethod Warsaw Pact intervention
linked to: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Soviet interventions in Eastern Europe notableExample Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
linked to: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Operation Danube codenameFor 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
linked to: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film) portraysEvent Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact Joint Command significantEvent Prague Spring military intervention
linked to: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
doctrine of limited sovereignty keyEvent 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
linked to: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Normalization in Czechoslovakia hasImmediatePrecedingEvent Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic event Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia