# Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968

Office of the Historian, United States Department of State

- Address: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia
- Kind: primary document
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia is followed by the return of government press controls](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1968-czechoslovakia-normalization-censorship)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/165)
- [Claim 166: Czechoslovakia's new leadership reestablished government censorship and controls preventing freedom of movement in the invasion's aftermath.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/166)

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