1968 protesters in France and Czechoslovakia

1968 protesters in France and Czechoslovakia

Soviet troops and their Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia to bring an end to that country's brief period of political liberalization, called the Prague Spring. It triggered waves of protest across the country. About 500,000 troops were involved in the invasion and occupation, during which 108 Czechoslovaks died and some 500 were wounded. The invasion ended the political and economic reforms led by Alexander Dubcek and reasserted dominant Soviet and Communist authority in Czechoslovakia. It also helped establish the Brezhnev Doctrine, which Moscow said allowed the U.S.S.R. to intervene in any country where a Communist government was under threat.

photo images of the 1968 protesters in Czechoslovakia (Photos from the Czech Press Agency archives)

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Nadiya Yemets