A Look Back … The Prague
Spring & the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
On the night of August 20-21, 1968, Czechoslovakia was invaded from the north, east
and south by 20 Soviet and Warsaw Pact divisions totaling some 250,000 men. At the same time, the positions vacated
by these units were backfilled by 10 Soviet divisions coming from positions in Hungary, Poland
and East Germany.
Once strategic points in Czechoslovakia
were occupied, most of these forces redeployed into western Czechoslovakia, where they took up positions
opposite West Germany and
neutral Austria. more >
