Pisis
2nd Lieutenant
Exactly 38 years ago - In the morning hours of August 21, 1968, the Soviet army invaded Czechoslovakia along with troops from four other Warsaw Pact countries (Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, German Democratic Republic). The invasion had come on direct order from Moscow to put an end to the Prague Spring - the attempt by the Czechoslovak Communist Party, led by Alexander Dubcek, to introduce "Communism with a human face", to become more independent and loosen the tight grip of the Soviet Union.
As Soviet troops shot at the radio building, Czechoslovak radio appealed for calm. Protests in the streets of Prague and other towns and cities, left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured at the hands of the occupying troops.
We will never forget this evil, that again sued our country to suffering, pain and sadness, from which we are recovering until today. And there is still so much to heal...
BBC ON THIS DAY | 21 | 1968: Russia brings winter to 'Prague Spring'
As Soviet troops shot at the radio building, Czechoslovak radio appealed for calm. Protests in the streets of Prague and other towns and cities, left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured at the hands of the occupying troops.
We will never forget this evil, that again sued our country to suffering, pain and sadness, from which we are recovering until today. And there is still so much to heal...
BBC ON THIS DAY | 21 | 1968: Russia brings winter to 'Prague Spring'
