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The invasion started a series of events that would ultimately pressure Brezhnev to establish a state of détente with U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1972 just months after the latter's historic visit to the PRC. Background. Novotný's regime: late 1950s – early 1960s.
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia.
On 15 March 1939, German troops marched into Czechoslovakia. They took over Bohemia, and established a protectorate over Slovakia.
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia: 1968* During the night of August 20-21, approximately 175,000 "Warsaw Pact" troops1 crossed Czech borders to occupy Prague and other strategic locations in Czechoslovakia. World response to the invasion was in-stantaneous. Virtually all the nations of the free world, three Communist
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. Although the Soviet Union’s action successfully halted the pace of reform in Czechoslovakia, it had unintended consequences for the unity of the communist bloc.
The CIA and Strategic Warning: The 1968 Soviet-Led Invasion of Czechoslovakia . An Overview . The Czechoslovak crisis, as it became to be known, started in January 1968, when Alexander Dubček was elevated to the post of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPCz), replacing moribund Antonin Novotny, who had served as First
Late in the evening of August 20, 1968, Czechoslovakia was invaded by five of its Warsaw-Pact allies: the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria.
