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With no army, the area became an industrial and agricultural resource for the Nazis; relatively few civilians were killed in the war, but the sense of bitterness over the betrayal at Munich persisted.
With no army, the area became an industrial and agricultural resource for the Nazis; relatively few civilians were killed in the war, but the sense of bitterness over the betrayal at Munich persisted.
===Communist takeover in 1948===
===Communist takeover in 1948===
Benes, the prewar president who had led the Czechoslovak liberation movement from London resumed his position as president, 1945-48. The Germans were all expelled and went to West Germany--which proved their escape from Communism. After a three-year struggle with the Communists, who had control of the media and national police, Benes again capitulated in order to avoid a bloodbath. Soviet influence was exerted through the Red Army; Stalin refused to allow the country to join the [[Marshall Plan]]. Stalin had his own plan, In Feb. 1948 the local Communists seized control. The old elite was exiled, imprisoned or killed the patriots and turned the country into a powerless satellite of the Soviet Union. They kept filled 422 prisons and concentration camps with dissidents. Western outrage as the Communist takeover was a major factor that caused the [[Cold War]].<ref>Karel Kaplan, ''The Short March: The Communist Take-Over of Power in Czechoslovakia, 1945-48'' (1986)</ref>
Benes, the pre-occupation president who had led the Czechoslovak government in exhile from London resumed his position as president, 1945-48. The Germans were all expelled and went to West Germany--which proved their escape from Communism. After a three-year struggle with the Communists, who had control of the media and national police, Benes again capitulated in order to avoid a bloodbath. Soviet influence was exerted through the Red Army; Stalin refused to allow the country to join the [[Marshall Plan]]. Stalin had his own plan, In Feb. 1948 the local Communists seized control. The old elite was exiled, imprisoned or killed the patriots and turned the country into a powerless satellite of the Soviet Union. They kept filled 422 prisons and concentration camps with dissidents. Western outrage as the Communist takeover was a major factor that caused the [[Cold War]].<ref>Karel Kaplan, ''The Short March: The Communist Take-Over of Power in Czechoslovakia, 1945-48'' (1986)</ref>
The Reds followed the Soviet model for their economy, which marked a step backward. No other East European country was to be so nationalized in agriculture and industry. Trade patterns changed; 70% of the trade was with the Soviet bloc and only 19% was with the West. The economic reforms of the Prague Spring of 1968 were thoroughly dismantled after the Soviet intervention.
The Reds followed the Soviet model for their economy, which marked a step backward. No other East European country was to be so nationalized in agriculture and industry. Trade patterns changed; 70% of the trade was with the Soviet bloc and only 19% was with the West. The economic reforms of the Prague Spring of 1968 were thoroughly dismantled after the Soviet intervention.
===1968===
===1968===