On Aug. 21, 2024, we marked the 56th anniversary of the Communist Soviet-lead Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The August attack that is among the sad history of the Cold War. The “Prague ...

As I sadly expected, a major tragic human event in history was barely acknowledged by the major media outlets, and that includes Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard. Aug. 21 marked the 55th anniversary ...

Hours after Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia in August 1968, Romania's communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, denounced the invasion to a crowd of thousands in central Bucharest. The crushing ...

Five countries of the Warsaw Pact occupied Czechoslovakia in 1968. The historic events unfolded as reformers in Czechoslovakia sought to overturn Stalinism, revive a stagnant economy and return ...

THOUGH water cannon and police truncheons kept last week’s demonstrations in Czechoslovakia under control, mere force is not likely to suppress other aftereffects of last year’s invasion. Reflecting ...

This episode revisits the Prague Spring and the events that culminated in the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

As the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia entered its third week, the political and military leaders of the West began to grapple with the hard truth that many of their old assumptions and priorities ...

Under the glowering gaze of the National Museum at the top of Wenceslas Square stands a forty-year-old Russian tank. Its fuel tanks are strapped vulnerably to its rear and its gun aims at nothing in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a report in Vladivostok VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Soviet Union's decision to send tanks into ...