CZECHOSLOVAK HISTORY IN SHORT

invaded Czechoslovakia. during the night of . August 20-21, 1968. Opposition to the invasion was expressed in numerous spontaneous acts of nonviolent resistance. On . January 19, 1969, student . Jan Palach. set himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest against the renewed suppression of free speech. Prague, 1968. Protest banner in ... ................
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