This doctrine was announced to retroactively justify the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 that ended the Prague Spring, along with earlier Soviet military interventions, such as the invasion of Hungary in 1956.

Category: Prague Spring

The ČSLA offered no resistance to the invasion mounted by the Soviets in 1968 in reaction to the " Prague Spring ", and was extensively reorganized by the Soviets following the re-imposition of communist rule in Prague.

In 1968, I was glad at the political liberalism of the Dubcek Prague Spring, but was very critical of the Third Way they pursued in economics.

* 1968: The Prague Spring crushed by Soviet tanks.

* 1969 – Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets ' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.

The Non-Aligned Yugoslavia was concerned about an eventual aggression from any of the superpowers, especially by the Warsaw Pact after the Prague Spring, so the Territorial Defense Forces were formed as an integral part of the total war military doctrine called Total National Defense.

The Prague Spring was legitimised by the Czechoslovak government as a socialist reform movement.

The Prague Spring (, ) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II.

The Prague Spring reforms were an attempt by Dubček to grant additional rights to the citizens in an act of partial decentralization of the economy and democratization.

This was the only change that survived the end of the Prague Spring.

The Prague Spring inspired music and literature such as the work of Václav Havel, Karel Husa, Karel Kryl, and Milan Kundera's novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

At the time of the Prague Spring, Czechoslovak exports were declining in competitiveness, and Dubček's reforms planned to solve these troubles by mixing planned and market economies.

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The Prague Spring is featured in several works of literature.

Milan Kundera set his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being during the Prague Spring.

Rock ' n ' Roll, a play by award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard, references the Prague Spring, as well as the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Heda Margolius Kovály also ends her memoir Under a Cruel Star with a first hand account of the Prague Spring and the subsequent invasion, and her reflections upon these events.

In film there has been an adaptation of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and also the movie Pelíšky from director Jan Hřebejk and screenwriter Petr Jarchovský, which depicts the events of the Prague Spring and ends with the invasion by the Soviet Union and their allies.

The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 ( Lexington Books, 20100 510 pp. ISBN 978-0-7391-4304-9

* Think Quest – The Prague Spring 1968

* Prague Life – More information on the Prague Spring

The Battle of Lipany or Lipan, also called the Battle of Česky Brod, was fought at Lipany 40 km east of Prague on 30 May 1434 and virtually ended the Hussite Wars.

Jiří Weil was born in Praskolesy, a village about 40 kilometers outside Prague on August 6, 1900.

Garrison duty at Prague 10 / 39 and in Holland 6 / 40.

The population of Prague in 1378 was well over 40, 000, perhaps as much as twice that, making it the 4th most populated city north of the Alps and, by area, the 3rd largest city in Europe.

In 1378 a census commissioned by Charles IV found that Prague had 40, 000 inhabitants making it the fourth largest city north of the Alps after Paris, Ghent and Bruges.

On account of the Thirty Years ' War, the government had imposed heavy taxes on the Jewish communities of Bohemia, including that of Prague, which had to pay a yearly tax of 40, 000 thalers.

With a print run of about 19, 000 copies, The Prague Post reaches approximately 40, 000 readers a week with its print edition published every Wednesday.

* 1757 – Battle of Prague – A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years ' War.

* 1635 – Thirty Years ' War: the Peace of Prague ( 1635 ) is signed.

* 1618 – The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years ' War.

In May 1618 with the event known as the Defenestration of Prague, the Protestant Bohemians, in defence of the rights granted them in the Letter of Majesty, began the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ).

The collection remaining at Prague was looted during the last year of the Thirty Years War, by Swedish troops who sacked Prague Castle on 26 July 1648, also taking the best of the paintings, many of which later passed to the Orléans Collection after the death of Christina of Sweden.

* The Battle of Prague takes place in the Thirty Years ' War.

* May 6 – Seven Years ' War – Battle of Prague ( 1757 ): Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city.

* May 23 – The Second Defenestration of Prague – Protestant noblemen hold a mock trial and throw two direct representatives of Ferdinand II of Germany ( Imperial Governors ) and their scribe out of a window into a pile of manure, exacerbating a low-key rebellion into the Bohemian Revolt ( 1618 – 1621 ) precipitating the Thirty Years ' War into armed conflict and further polarizing Europe on religious grounds.

* November 8 – Thirty Years ' War – Battle of White Mountain: Catholic forces are victorious in only two hours near Prague.

* June 21 – Thirty Years ' War: Twenty-seven Czech lords are executed on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

* October 10 – Thirty Years ' War: A Saxon army takes over Prague.

* May 30 – Thirty Years ' War – The Peace of Prague is signed.

Jesuits were expelled 1618 – 1621 during the early stages of the Thirty Years ' War, which was started in Prague by anti-Catholic and anti-Imperial Bohemians.

During the last years of the Thirty Years ' War the Charles Bridge in Prague was courageously defended by students of the Carolinum and Clementinum.

:: The defenestration of Prague triggering the Thirty Years ' War

The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitated the Thirty Years ' War.

In 1618, two Imperial governors and their secretary were tossed from Prague Castle, sparking the Thirty Years War.

Rupert was born in Prague in 1619, at the start of the Thirty Years ' War, to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, and Elizabeth Stuart, and was declared a prince by the principality of Lusatia.

The Battle of White Mountain, 8 November 1620 ( Bílá hora is the name of White Mountain in Czech ) was an early battle in the Thirty Years ' War in which an army of 30, 000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt were routed by 27, 000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor under Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy and the German Catholic League under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly at Bílá Hora, near Prague ( now part of the city ).

This event – known as the Second Defenestration of Prague – marked the beginning of the Bohemian Revolt, and with it, the beginning of the Thirty Years ' War.

It features a 17 minute " Keepers Medley ", recorded by a 70 piece orchestra from Prague, mixing together " Halloween ", " The Keeper of the Seven Keys ", and " The King For 1000 Years ".

During the Seven Years ' War, he commanded the Austrian army at the Battle of Prague, where he was again defeated by Frederick II of Prussia but was able to inflict heavy casualties on the Prussian forces.