Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia Clear All

Related Resources

Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Placeholder image for when a Topics image is not available

Prague Spring, 1968

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Eastern Europe

Czechoslovakia

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Ukrainian Motherland Monument, Kyiv

Eastern Europe

Ukraine

Warsaw Pact

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Warsaw Pact Military Planning

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Eastern Europe

Poland

Trade agreement between European Economic Community and China

China-Europe Relations

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Eastern Europe

Romania

Sino-Soviet Relations

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Shelest, P. IU. (Petro IUkhymovych)

1908- 1996

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Sawczuk, Wlodzimierz

-

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Il’nyts’kyi, Yu. V.

-

Nicolae Ceausescu, 1974

Ceaușescu, Nicolae

1918- 1989

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Czechoslovakia. Embassy (China)

-

Results:

51 - 60 of 94

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

August 26, 1968	Report from Polish Second Army’s Political Department at 7:35 hours Report praises soldiers of the Polish Second Army for their political maturity and high spirits but says that relations between Czech citizens and soldiers of Second Army are not amicable. On August 25th, the political branch of Second Army led a propaganda operation designed for Czech society and soldiers.
August 26, 1968	Report from the Second Army's Political Department at 19:00 hours Document continues reporting on relations between Czech citizens and Warsaw Pact armies as well as the state of Polish Second Army. Report describes propaganda dissemination in villages and cities as well as how unfriendly relations between Czech and Polish soldiers remain.
September 4, 1968	Report Regarding the Implementation of the Second Phase of Operation Danube Chief of General Staff and Deputy Minister of National Defense General Chocha describes what steps need to be taken now that the Army is transitioning into the second phase of the "Danube" operation.
September 7, 1968	Report from the Political Department of Polish Second Army on the emotional-political condition of the soldiers taking part in Operation ‘Danube’ Report states the morale of soldiers taking part in Operation Danube is still good. But there is still no change in the unfriendly relations between Czech people and Warsaw Pact soldiers. The report describes how the Czech people are under the influence of revisionist and reactionary propaganda. It also details the conflict between Czech soldiers and Polish soldiers. It also gives an update of propaganda being broadcast through Czech radio stations.
August 17, 1968	Stenographic transcript of meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party Ceausescu relates his recent meeting with Dubcek in Prague in August 1968. His talks with Dubcek focused primarily on the events that had unfolded in Czechoslovakia over the last several months.
July 27, 1968	Directive of the Ministry of Defense for Exercise ‘OVERCAST SUMMER-68’ Directive describes how the military exercise Overcast Summer-68 ["Pochmurne Lato"] will transpire on August 1 on the border of Poland and Czechoslovakia from 28 July to 5 August 1968 and states the logistics of the exercise. Information includes what groups will be used, their commanding generals, equipment, and first aid materials. The document also details how communications between all parties involved will function, as well as signal words and numbers that are to be used under various situations. Directive is signed by Minister of Defense and General of Divisions, Wojciech Jaruzelski.
November 28, 1989	The Position of the Civic Forum and Public Against Violence Toward the Negotiations with Czechoslovak Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec, Prague The Position of the Civic Forum and Public Against Violence Toward the Negotiations with Czechoslovak Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec, Prague, discussing demands for condemnation of 1968 invasion and promises made by the Prime Minister to the Civic Forum
October 11, 1968	Stenogram of a Session of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Moldavia Discussion in the Moldavian Communist Party Central Committee on the effects of Romanian mass media on the Moldavian population following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
August 21, 1968	Letter from the Central Committees of the Bulgarian, East German, Hungarian, Polish, and Soviet Communist Parties regarding the Warsaw Pact intervention in Czechoslovakia Letter from the Central Committees of the Communist Parties of East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Soviet Union explaining the need for intervention in Czechoslovakia. The letter lays out the rationale behind the Brezhnev Doctrine.
August 20, 1968	Secret Decree of the Council of Ministers of the PR of Bulgaria for the Participation of Bulgarian Troops in the Warsaw Pact Operation in Czechoslovakia