Josef Smrkovský was a Czechoslovak politician and a member of the Communist Party reform wing during the 1968 Prague Spring.
Josef Smrkovský and Ludvík Svoboda in 1968
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in
the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), and continued until 21 August 1968, when the Soviet Union and most Warsaw Pact members invaded the country to suppress the reforms.
Image: 10 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia Flickr The Central Intelligence Agency
Image: Een met bloed doordrenkte Tjechoslowaakse vlag wordt langs een Russische tank in, Bestanddeelnr 921 6235 (cropped)
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Alexander Dubček