Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

This article is about the specific polity Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a country that emerged from the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Its territory included the modern-day countries of Czechia and Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia (which today is part of Ukraine). It was ended by Germany in 1938 but resurfaced after World War II without Carpathian Ruthenia as a country of the Warsaw Pact. In 1960 it changed its denomination into Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

Establishment

July 1960: Despite the country's official name remained the Czechoslovak Republic until 1960, when it was changed to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, February 1948 is considered the end of the Third Republic.

Chronology

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1. Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

Was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries - the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary - on the night of 20-21 August 1968 to stop Alexander Dubček's Prague Spring liberalisation reforms.

August 1968: Joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries - the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary - on the night of 20-21 August 1968. Approximately 250,000 Warsaw pact troops attacked Czechoslovakia that night.

April 1969: URSS mantained troops until 1991, however the normalization nominally begun when Gustáv Husák became first secretary pf the czechoslovak communist party.