Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
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Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
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On 20–21 August 1968, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was 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. 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, supported by thousands of tanks and hundreds of aircraft, participated i
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1968 invasion led by the Soviet Union
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia
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2008-01-15T02:34:36Z
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2024-09-11T04:31:10Z
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