Czechoslovakia: ‘The Prague Spring’, 1968. Background Pague is the capital of Czechoslovakia, a nation formed as part of the Treaty of Versailles.

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Czechoslovakia: ‘The Prague Spring’, 1968

Background Pague is the capital of Czechoslovakia, a nation formed as part of the Treaty of Versailles.

Background 1948: Czechoslovakia becomes a communist state By 1967, many people felt their communist leaders were out of touch with the problems they were facing  Standard of living was falling  Trade was doing badly  People who publically disagreed with the government were put into prison  Leaders of student demonstrations were beaten

Prague Spring January 1968, new leader of the Czech communist party was elected: Alexander Dubcek He replaced the cruel and repressive leader Antonin Novotny Dubcek brought reform

Prague Spring reforms Relaxed government control of industry – left decision making to managers and workers Ended censorship of the press Czech’s were free to travel to other countries Czech’s were allowed to hold political meetings inside Czechoslovakia The Communist Party held meetings with non communists Remained a member of Warsaw pact

Reaction of the USSR Brezhnev (who had replaced Khruschev in October ‘64) was alarmed by what was happening Soviet’s held military manoeuvres near Czech border Warsaw pact countries held military exercises inside Czechoslovakia Dubcek met with Brezhnev and other communist leaders, promising that the Communists would remain in control, they would remain in the Warsaw pact and that the Czech press would not criticise the USSR

Reaction of the USSR Brezhnev was not convinced and was afraid that Dubcek’s reforms might be copied by other Eastern Bloc countries Both Romania and Yugoslavia assured Dubcek of their support The Brezhnev doctrine: whenever "socialism is threatened", the Soviet Army has the duty to intervene

Brezhnev acts August 21 st 1968, Warsaw pact troops marched in and took control of Prague and other Czech cities Dubcek was captured and sent to Moscow (in the USSR) Reforms of the ‘Prague Spring’ were cancelled before Dubcek was allowed to return to Czech Eventually Dubcek was replaced as leader by Gustav Husak

Jan Palach´s self-immolation On 16 th January, 1969, in protest against the continuing clampdown. About a million people came to his funeral

Consequences Some Czech professionals left for the West The whole nation was forced to approve the invasion Those who collaborated received modest consumerist rewards The ethos of the "normalisation" period imprinted itself most strongly on Czechoslovak society Only a small ghetto of dissidents remain.