# Claim 165

The Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops into an invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, 1968 to reverse the Prague Spring's reforms in Prague.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops into an invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, 1968 to reverse the Prague Spring's reforms in Prague.
- Field: occurred_on
- Value: Invasion date
- About: [incident 1968-czechoslovakia-normalization-censorship](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1968-czechoslovakia-normalization-censorship)
- Source: Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia
- Publisher: Office of the Historian, United States Department of State
- Method: primary document
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current

## Quotation from the source

> On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.

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