The world reacted to the Soviet bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia today with shock, dismay and condemnation. Some of the strongest protests came from Communist parties of Western nations.
The photo of 19-year-old Ivana is appropriate for 1968, when Soviet tanks roared into Czechoslovakia overnight, I thought. I wondered when it had been taken. "Oh it's nothing to do with the ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the Soviet invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia were wrong. Speaking at a forum in eastern Russia, he said it is not right to do anything in foreign ...
During the tense week that followed, citizens of Prague surrounded the Soviet tanks in protest. Until the invasion stopped Dubcek’s “Prague Spring” reforms, Czechoslovakia had been the most ...