Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:casualties	over 100 civilians killed hundreds wounded
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Vasily_Margelov gptkb:Ivan_Yakubovsky gptkb:Wojciech_Jaruzelski
gptkbp:date	1968-08-20 1968-08-21
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Normalization_period_in_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:notParticipatedIn	gptkb:Albania gptkb:Romania
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	approximately 250,000
gptkbp:numberOfTubes	over 2,000
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Alexander_Dubček
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Prague_Spring
gptkbp:perpetrator	gptkb:Bulgaria gptkb:East_Germany gptkb:Hungary gptkb:Poland gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Prague_Spring_reforms
gptkbp:purpose	to halt political liberalization to maintain Communist control
gptkbp:result	gptkb:Suppression_of_Prague_Spring restoration of hardline Communist rule
gptkbp:significance	major Cold War event demonstrated limits of Soviet tolerance for reform in Eastern Bloc
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jan_Palach
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia