🪖 When Warsaw Pact tanks crossed into Czechoslovakia on Aug. 21, 1968, the world was watching. ✊ "The current global mood, as well as history itself, constantly reminds us of how important it is to defend freedom, democracy, and values such as respect and esteem for the human person," says Tomáš Hübl, head of the Exhibition Grounds in Prague—hosting this year's NeverMore 68 festival. #nevermore68 #1968 #warsawpact #warsawpactinvasion #czechoslovakia #history #czechhistory #czechrepublic #prague

The Czech Republic marked the anniversary of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on Thursday with memorial events in Prague and across the country. #nocomment | NoComment

On August 21, Czechs mark 57 years since the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. The Prague Spring was silenced and the communist regime was prolonged for more than 20 years. On this day a commemorative ceremony in front of the Czech Radio headquarters honors the victims, those who resisted, and those who still live with those memories. | Radio Prague International

August 21, 1968, Soviet tanks rolled into Prague, punishing the people of #Czechoslovakia for daring to pursue "socialism with a human face" instead of the Kremlin's oppressive regime. Here's how the #Soviet invasion of #Prague unfolded: A Soviet transport plane feigned an emergency landing at Prague airport. When the #Czechs allowed it to land, Soviet paratroopers stormed out, capturing the airport. These paratroopers wore blue caps, hoping to be mistaken for "UN peacekeepers." This deception h

On #ThisDayinHistory 1968, approximately 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia to crush the “Prague Spring”–a brief period of liberalization in the communist country. It was the largest deployment of military force in Europe since the end of World War II. | HISTORY