On January 5
On January 5, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968).
On this day
5 January – 21 August 1968Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact invasion of CzechoslovakiaMilitary & conflict
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalisation in Czechoslovakia that began on 5 January 1968 when the reformist Alexander Dubček became First Secretary of the Communist Party.
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