In the history of Czechoslovakia, normalization is a name commonly given to the period following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 and up to the glasnost era of liberalization
Soviet stamp issued in 1970, marking the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Czechoslovakia from Fascist Occupation.
The Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising in Bratislava, opened in 1972
Czechoslovaks in 1972
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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 Secret
Destroyed Soviet tank in Prague, 1968
Alexander Dubček
Ceremonial assembly held on 10 May 1968 on Mount Říp with the participation of the highest Czechoslovak leaders (in the front row, centre: President Ludvík Svoboda, Alexander Dubček, Čestmír Císař, Oldřich Černík, Josef Smrkovský and others)
Main instigators of Prague Spring in 1968 (L–R) Oldřich Černík, Alexander Dubček, Ludvík Svoboda and Josef Smrkovský