Ludvík Svoboda
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Ludvík Svoboda was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero, and he later served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975.
Svoboda in 1968
Josef Smrkovský and Ludvík Svoboda
Ludvík Svoboda
Antonín Novotný
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Antonín Josef Novotný was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968, and as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968.
Ludvík Svoboda
…Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (he was awarded the latter title again in 1970 and 1975). He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1970). In early 1968, Antonín Novotný was forced to resign, a pivotal moment leading to the Prague Spring. Svoboda was elected President of Czechoslovakia on 30 March 1968, on the recommendation…
Antonín Novotný in 1968
Antonin Novotny during a United Nations meeting in New York City, September 1960