Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968

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https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia archived copy

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https://web.archive.org/web/20261016094832/https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia

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• Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia is followed by the return of government press controls
• 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.
• Claim 166: Czechoslovakia's new leadership reestablished government censorship and controls preventing freedom of movement in the invasion's aftermath.

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