Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Invasion_of_Czechoslovakia_(1968)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties over 100 civilians killed
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Operation_Danube
gptkbp:consequence international condemnation
increased emigration from Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:date August 20-21, 1968
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkb:Alexander_Dubček
gptkbp:location gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:notableEvent Warsaw Pact occupation until 1991
passive resistance by Czechoslovak citizens
self-immolation of Jan Palach
gptkbp:numberOfTroops approximately 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkb:East_Germany
gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:purpose to halt political liberalization
gptkbp:result gptkb:Suppression_of_Prague_Spring
restoration of hardline Communist rule
gptkbp:target gptkb:Prague_Spring_reforms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5