Czechs mark 50 years since Soviet invasion

By Robert Muller
Updated August 21 2018 - 9:41pm, first published 9:39pm
Czechs are marking 50 years since a Soviet invasion to curb moves towards democracy.
Czechs are marking 50 years since a Soviet invasion to curb moves towards democracy.

Fifty years ago Soviet tanks rolled into Prague to crush the Czechoslovak Communist government's democratic reforms, ushering in a bloody occupation whose lessons many Czechs fear have been forgotten.

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