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August 21, 1968

Troops of the Warsaw Pact enter Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

August 21, 1968

Troops of the Warsaw Pact enter Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

August 21, 1968

Troops of the Warsaw Pact enter Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

August 21, 1968

Troops of the Warsaw Pact enter Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

August 21, 1968

Troops of the Warsaw Pact enter Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

August 21, 1968

Troops of the Warsaw Pact enter Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

August 21, 1968

Woman with a photograph of Alexander Dubcek and Ludvik Svoboda, after troops of the Warsaw Pact have entered Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

August 21, 1968

A silent protest on the day that troops of the Warsaw Pact have entered Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

August 21, 1968

Battling for Prague Radio in front of the Czechoslovak Radio building, after troops of the Warsaw Pact have entered Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

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Hilmar Pabel

Stern / Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz

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Hilmar Pabel

Stern / Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz

21 August, 1968

Woman with a photograph of Alexander Dubcek and Ludvik Svoboda, after troops of the Warsaw Pact have entered Prague to put an end to the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several Czechoslovakian leaders were arrested.

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