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Czechoslovakia, Prague
1968 - The end of Prague spring: words against tanks - Eastern Bloc armies from four Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR.
On the night of 20–21 August 1968, Eastern Bloc armies from four Warsaw Pact countries (Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary) invaded the ČSSR. The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5th, 1968, and running until August 20th of that same year when the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania ) invaded the country. The Czechs and Slovaks showed increasing signs of independence under the leadership of Alexander Dubček. Dubček"s reforms of the political process inside Czechoslovakia, which he referred to as "Socialism with a human face," did not represent a complete overthrow of the old regime, as was the case in Hungary in 1956. However, it was still seen by the Soviet leadership as a threat to their hegemony over other Eastern Bloc states and to the very safety of the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia was in the middle of the defensive line of the Warsaw Pact and its possible defection to the enemy was unacceptable during the cold war. Furthermore, the role of Czechoslovakia in allowing Hitler to conquer Europe by refusing Soviet military help 30 years earlier and surrendering to Nazi Germany without resistance was still fresh in everyone"s memory.
Czechoslovakia, Prague
1968 - The end of Prague spring: words against tanks - Eastern Bloc armies from four Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR.
On the night of 20–21 August 1968, Eastern Bloc armies from four Warsaw Pact countries (Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary) invaded the ČSSR. The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5th, 1968, and running until August 20th of that same year when the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania ) invaded the country. The Czechs and Slovaks showed increasing signs of independence under the leadership of Alexander Dubček. Dubček"s reforms of the political process inside Czechoslovakia, which he referred to as "Socialism with a human face," did not represent a complete overthrow of the old regime, as was the case in Hungary in 1956. However, it was still seen by the Soviet leadership as a threat to their hegemony over other Eastern Bloc states and to the very safety of the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia was in the middle of the defensive line of the Warsaw Pact and its possible defection to the enemy was unacceptable during the cold war. Furthermore, the role of Czechoslovakia in allowing Hitler to conquer Europe by refusing Soviet military help 30 years earlier and surrendering to Nazi Germany without resistance was still fresh in everyone"s memory.
Czechoslovakia, Prague
1968 - The end of Prague spring: words against tanks - Eastern Bloc armies from four Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR.
On the night of 20–21 August 1968, Eastern Bloc armies from four Warsaw Pact countries (Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary) invaded the ČSSR. The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5th, 1968, and running until August 20th of that same year when the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania ) invaded the country. The Czechs and Slovaks showed increasing signs of independence under the leadership of Alexander Dubček. Dubček"s reforms of the political process inside Czechoslovakia, which he referred to as "Socialism with a human face," did not represent a complete overthrow of the old regime, as was the case in Hungary in 1956. However, it was still seen by the Soviet leadership as a threat to their hegemony over other Eastern Bloc states and to the very safety of the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia was in the middle of the defensive line of the Warsaw Pact and its possible defection to the enemy was unacceptable during the cold war. Furthermore, the role of Czechoslovakia in allowing Hitler to conquer Europe by refusing Soviet military help 30 years earlier and surrendering to Nazi Germany without resistance was still fresh in everyone"s memory.
Czechoslovakia, Prague
Adolf Hitler: Hitler leaves the castle on car, accompanied by Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich
Adolf Hitler: Hitler leaves the castle on car, accompanied by Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek: People are paying respect at his coffin
Alexander Dubcek: People are paying respect at his coffin
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek: Slovak politician and leader of Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek: Slovak politician and leader of Chechoslovakia arrives to the office greeted with flowers arrival by plane among photographers on meeting
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek: Photo of the leader, first secretary, shouting, face, smile, communist party, Prague Spring
Alexander Dubcek: Photo of the leader, first secretary, shouting, face, smile, communist party, Prague Spring
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek: Meeting with politicians, leader, handshake, celebration, first secretary
Alexander Dubcek: Meeting with politicians, leader, handshake, celebration, first secretary
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček: Fatal accident, car crash
Alexander Dubček: Fatal accident, car crash
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek: Reading of the Moscow reform newspaper Moscow News at home,
Alexander Dubcek: Reading of the Moscow reform newspaper Moscow News at home,
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek: Working in the garden at home, scything, sharpening
Alexander Dubcek: Working in the garden at home, scything, sharpening
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Alexander Dubcek: Wellcome at the airport
Alexander Dubcek: Wellcome at the airport
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek: Speaking in Czechoslovak tv broadcast, people watching in office
Alexander Dubcek: Speaking in Czechoslovak tv broadcast, people watching in office
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček: Speech of Alexander Dubček, dancing performance, sitting with pioneer children, Antonín Novotný among the audience
Alexander Dubček: Speech of Alexander Dubček, dancing performance, sitting with pioneer children, Antonín Novotný among the audience
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček: Dubček is walking toward a building, women are running to him with flowers and give him kisses
Alexander Dubček: Dubček is walking toward a building, women are running to him with flowers and give him kisses
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček: Women greeting Dubček, giving him flowers and kiss
Alexander Dubček: Women greeting Dubček, giving him flowers and kiss
Czechoslovakia, Prague
Alexander Dubček: Dubček arrives to the parliament, working in the hall of the Federal Assembly, talking to officers
Alexander Dubček: Dubček arrives to the parliament, working in the hall of the Federal Assembly, talking to officers
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček: Dubček celebrated by supporters on the street
Alexander Dubček: Dubček celebrated by supporters on the street
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Mayorov: Photos, newspaper article of Alexander Mayorov, soviet general during Prague Spring
Alexander Mayorov: Photos, newspaper article of Alexander Mayorov, soviet general during Prague Spring
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