An outpouring of sympathy and remembrances was expected to flow into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from far and wide to mark the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact ...
On August 20th and 21st, 1968, fifty years ago this week, hundreds of thousands of Soviet and allied Warsaw Pact troops poured over the Czechoslovak border from surrounding countries in a massive show ...
Fifty years ago, the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia killed more than 100 people and shattered that country’s attempts to reform communist rule. Now, you can stand in the footsteps of the Czechs ...
Tuesday marked 50 years since the Soviet Union—along with troops from the Warsaw Pact nations—on Aug. 21, 1968, invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the period of political liberalization that became known ...
The Prague Spring 50 years ago sought to introduce "Socialism with a human face" in then communist Czechoslovakia but was crushed by Soviet tanks seven months later. Two months later Novotny is also ...
PRAGUE — A ceremony to honor the victims of the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia on Tuesday turned into a protest against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis. Hundreds jeered and booed Babis’ ...
On this day in 1968, Alexander Dubček’s experiments in “socialism with a human face” were met by the force of Moscow. Eliot Wilson tells us about the crushing of the Prague Spring in the latest ...
As I sadly expected, a major tragic human event in history was barely acknowledged by the major media outlets, and that includes Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard. Aug. 21 marked the 55th anniversary ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — The events unfolding in Ukraine potentially hold dire implications for the future, but the war also brings back memories of other historical conflicts in the region. That includes some ...
Daniel is formerly a research fellow for European affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. Tuesday marked 50 years since the Soviet Union—along with troops from ...