Association of Towns and Municipalities of Slovakia: August 21, 1968 Is One of the Darkest Days in the Modern History of Our Country
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Prague - President Petr Pavel warned today at a commemorative event for the occupation of the former Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact troops in 1968 against distorted views of historical and more recent events. Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) said in a speech in front of the Czech Radio building in Prague that the future of the Czech Republic depends on the values, the form of the state and its direction. According to the President of the Senat…
On the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, the association emphasizes that the occupation and normalization for two decades destroyed hopes for an open society in our country.
The Warsaw Pact troops were supposed to occupy our territory very quickly and easily.
The invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact troops on the night of August 20-21, 1968, caught Josef Bartošek in the military. He served in the Holešov barracks, which was the only one in Czechoslovakia that did not cooperate with the occupiers and did not open the gate despite government orders.
Today marks 57 years since the then Czechoslovakia experienced a black day in its modern history. The reason was the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops under the name Operation Danube, which was the invasion of the armies of five communist countries into the Czechoslovakia, which took place on August 21, 1968. According to the then Soviet Union, the troops came to liberate the Czechoslovak people from anti-socialist and imperialist forces. Do yo…
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