On August 20th and 21st, 1968, fifty years ago this week, hundreds of thousands of Soviet and allied Warsaw Pact troops poured over the Czechoslovak border from surrounding countries in a massive show ...

Fifty years ago, the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia killed more than 100 people and shattered that country’s attempts to reform communist rule. Now, you can stand in the footsteps of the Czechs ...

An outpouring of sympathy and remembrances was expected to flow into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from far and wide to mark the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact ...

Tuesday marked 50 years since the Soviet Union—along with troops from the Warsaw Pact nations—on Aug. 21, 1968, invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the period of political liberalization that became known ...

On this day in 1968, Alexander Dubček’s experiments in “socialism with a human face” were met by the force of Moscow. Eliot Wilson tells us about the crushing of the Prague Spring in the latest ...

As I sadly expected, a major tragic human event in history was barely acknowledged by the major media outlets, and that includes Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard. Aug. 21 marked the 55th anniversary ...

Under the glowering gaze of the National Museum at the top of Wenceslas Square stands a forty-year-old Russian tank. Its fuel tanks are strapped vulnerably to its rear and its gun aims at nothing in ...

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees / Refuge: Revue canadienne sur les réfugiés, Vol. 26, No. 1, Sanctuary in Context (Spring 2009), pp. 161-171 (11 pages) In August 1968, the Soviet Union sent ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The events unfolding in Ukraine potentially hold dire implications for the future, but the war also brings back memories of other historical conflicts in the region. That includes some ...

In the early hours of an August day in 1968, I was awakened by the continuous thunder of heavy planes flying low overhead – we lived relatively close to Prague’s largest airport. It was about 3:00 a.m ...

Daniel is formerly a research fellow for European affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. Tuesday marked 50 years since the Soviet Union—along with troops from ...