Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

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Cold War event armed intervention military invasion

The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia was a 1968 military intervention by Soviet-led Eastern Bloc forces that crushed the liberalizing Prague Spring reforms and reasserted hardline communist control.

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Label Occurrences
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia canonical 13
1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia 3
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
armed intervention ⓘ
military invasion ⓘ
aircraftUsed Soviet Air Force aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Danube ⓘ
casualtiesCiviliansKilled approximately 100 ⓘ
casualtiesCiviliansWounded hundreds ⓘ
commandedBy Andrei Grechko ⓘ
Ivan Yakubovsky ⓘ
Soviet High Command ⓘ
conflict Prague Spring ⓘ
countryInvaded Czechoslovakia ⓘ
endDate 1968-08-21 ⓘ
followedBy Brezhnev Doctrine ⓘ
normalization in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
historicalSignificance damaged image of socialism worldwide ⓘ
deepened East–West tensions ⓘ
demonstrated limits of reform within Soviet bloc ⓘ
invadingAlliance Warsaw Pact ⓘ
invadingCountry Bulgaria ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
justificationClaimedByUSSR defense of socialism ⓘ
request for fraternal assistance ⓘ
location Bratislava ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Prague ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international condemnation ⓘ
nonParticipatingWarsawPactMember Albania ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
notableEvent arrest and deportation of Alexander Dubček to Moscow ⓘ
occupation of Prague by Warsaw Pact troops ⓘ
opponent Czechoslovakia ⓘ
surface form: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

Czechoslovak citizens ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
opposedBy Czechoslovak public ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Western governments ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
precededBy Prague Spring ⓘ
surface form: Action Programme of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Prague Spring ⓘ
surface form: Prague Spring reforms
relatedDoctrine Brezhnev Doctrine ⓘ
relatedTo Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ
surface form: Soviet intervention in Hungary in 1956
result long-term Soviet military presence in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
reimposition of hardline communist rule ⓘ
strengthening of Brezhnev Doctrine ⓘ
suppression of Prague Spring ⓘ
startDate 1968-08-20 ⓘ
tankStrengthInvadingForces approximately 2000 ⓘ
targetGovernment Czechoslovak Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Czechoslovak Communist Party leadership
targetLeader Alexander Dubček ⓘ
troopStrengthInvadingForces approximately 200000 ⓘ
over 200000 ⓘ
UNAction debated in United Nations Security Council ⓘ
vetoed by Soviet Union in Security Council ⓘ
year 1968 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Czechoslovakia → significantEvent → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Prague Spring → endedBy → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Układ Warszawski → significantEvent → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Operation Whirlwind → relatedTo → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
LWP → participatedIn → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Alexander Dubček → opposedBy → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Alexander Dubček → event → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Bulgarian People's Army → participatedIn → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Bulgarian People's Army → participatedIn → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Air Force → conflict → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Ludvík Svoboda → participantIn → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyEvent → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Army → participatedIn → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Soviet interventions in Eastern Europe → usesMethod → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warsaw Pact intervention
Soviet interventions in Eastern Europe → notableExample → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Operation Danube → codenameFor → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Unbearable Lightness of Being → portraysEvent → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
subject surface form: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)
Warsaw Pact Joint Command → significantEvent → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prague Spring military intervention
doctrine of limited sovereignty → keyEvent → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Normalization in Czechoslovakia → hasImmediatePrecedingEvent → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic → event → Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ