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The '''Prague Spring''' was a brief period of liberalization in [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1968 when Alexander Dubček took power. He attempted to reform the [[Communist]] state and institute "socialism with a human face". <ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/dubcek/</ref> Alarmed at this course of events, the [[Soviet Union]], along with four other [[Warsaw Pact]] countries, sent tanks into Prague on August 21 of that year to end the Prague Spring, killing dozens. The Soviet Union falsely claimed that Czechoslovakia had requested military assistance. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/21/newsid_2781000/2781867.stm</ref>
The '''Prague Spring''' was a brief period of liberalization in [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1968 when Alexander Dubček took power. He attempted to reform the [[Communist]] state and institute "socialism with a human face."<ref>https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/dubcek/</ref> Alarmed at this course of events, the [[Soviet Union]], along with four other [[Warsaw Pact]] countries, sent tanks into Prague on August 21 of that year to end the Prague Spring, killing dozens. The Soviet Union falsely claimed that Czechoslovakia had requested military assistance.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/21/newsid_2781000/2781867.stm</ref>
[[Romania]], then led by the [[pro-life]] [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]], courageously refused to participate in this brutal suppression of freedom.
Overall, 750,000 soldiers, 6,300 tanks and 800 aircraft took part in the intervention, and it is thought that about 200 people were killed.<ref>https://enrs.eu/article/dissolution-of-the-warsaw-pact-1-july-1991</ref>
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