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On August 20, 1968, Warsaw Pact forces, including troops from Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, and the Soviet U nion, invaded Czechoslovakia. Approximately 500 000 troops, mostly from the Soviet Union, poured across the borders in a blitzkrieg-like advance. This i ntervention was explained by the Brezhnev Doctrine, in which the Soviet Unio n reserved for itself the right to intervene within countries of the pact th at were in danger of 'straying' from the teachings of communism, especially those accused of intending to change to capitalism. Czechoslovakia - 20/08/1 968 00004909
Minimum price 50PLN
1968-08-20
GOESS/SIPA/SIPA/East News
SIPA
GOESS/SIPA
SIPA_00004909_000006
2,93MB
30cm x 23cm by 300dpi
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