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Warsaw Pact Invasion, 1968 |
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| In early 1968 liberalizing political and cultural reforms known as the Prague Spring took place in Czechoslovakia. Leaders of the Soviet Union were threatened by the reforms, and in August they sent Warsaw Pact troops to occupy the country. In Prague, residents stoically resisted, but the occupation eventually managed to reestablish a tightly controlled Communist state loyal to the Soviet Union. | ||||||
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| Czechoslovakia; Communism; Prague; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Czech Republic; Prague Spring | ||||||
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