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

* 2008 – A EuroCity express train en-route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others.

* 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522 en route from Larnaca, Cyprus via Athens, Greece to Prague, Czech Republic crashes near Athens, with at least 121 on board.

* 1936 – Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

Saint Adalbert, Czech: ;, ( c. 956 – April 23, 997 ), Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians.

The largest and busiest airport in the Czech Republic is Prague Ruzyně Airport, opened in 1937.

Czech BMP-2 | BVP-2 on a Military parade in Prague, 28 October 2008.

In 1835 started to work at the Prague Polytechnic ( now Czech Technical University ), where he was appointed in 1841.

Category: Czech Technical University in Prague alumni

Lecture at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague | CTU in Prague.

The first ever IFF-sanctioned wheelchair floorball matches were played between the men's teams of the Czech Republic and Sweden, during the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.

The world's largest club team tournament, the Czech Open is a traditional summer tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic.

In December 2010 EU ministers in Brussels have voted Prague, Czech Republic as the headquarters of the Galileo project.

In December 2010 EU ministers in Brussels have voted Prague ( Czech Republic ) as the headquarters of the Galileo project.

Hradčany ( common ; ), the Castle District, is the district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, surrounding the Prague Castle.

The programme of the more conservative Hussites is contained in the Four Articles of Prague, which were agreed upon in July 1420, and promulgated in the Latin, Czech, and German languages.

* International School of Prague, an English speaking international school, located in Prague, Czech Republic

* 1621 – Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

In April 2010, Polgár played an eight-game rapid chess match against Czech GM David Navara which was part of the ČEZ Chess Trophy 2010 festival of the Prague Chess Society.