Context - Life In Czechoslovakia, Harsh leadership of Anton Novotny, Strict censorship, Lack of personal freedom, Inflation, Food shortages, Declining living standards, Poor quality housing, Struggling agriculture, Prague Spring, Dubcek replaced Novotny, Calls for ‘socialism with a human face’, Reform demands, Freedom of speech, Easing of communist economic controls, Limit action of secret police, Multi party elections, Increase links with the West, Suppression of Prague Spring, 20-21 August - 52 KGB land in Prague, Brezhnev Doctrine, 500,000 Warsaw Pact troops occupy Czechoslovakia, Dubcek arrested, Czechs offer passive resistance, 100 Czech deaths + 50 soldiers, Gustav Husak installed as Czech leader, Soviet’s use VETO to prevent UN condemnation

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