The Czech Republic called the introduction of troops in 1968 year an act of attack

The introduction of the Warsaw Pact troops into the Czechoslovak SSR in August 1968 is an act of invasion and occupation of the country, leading TASS statement of the Czech parliament.

The Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber) states that the invasion of the troops of the five Warsaw Pact member states (USSR, GDR, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland) into Czechoslovakia in August 1968 was an act of attack and subsequent occupation of the country. This was contrary to international law,

the document says.

As explained by the deputy Jan Bartosek, the resolution adopted by the Parliament has the character of a political declaration in connection with the 50 anniversary of the introduction of troops into the territory of Czechoslovakia.

The resolution was passed by an overwhelming majority (145 of 156). Nobody voted against. Abstained 6 deputies from the political movement "ANO" and 5 representatives of the Communist Party of the Czech Republic and Moravia.

Recall, the troops of the five member countries of the VD were introduced into the Republic of August 21 in order to demonstrate the strength to suppress the democratic transformations that had developed in Czechoslovakia history like Prague Spring. The military contingent of the USSR was the largest (500 thousand military personnel and several thousand tanks).

According to Czech historians, the total number of victims among the Czechs and Slovaks during the stay of the VD troops was 425 people. The last Soviet soldier left Czechoslovakia 27 June 1991.

According to Russian historians, during the first month after the entry of troops into Czechoslovakia, the number of victims among Soviet soldiers and civilians was 12 people.

Comments

[Proxima]

Why should the Czechs be petty? Let the liberation of Prague be recognized as an attack by the 1st Ukrainian Front in May 1945.

[Shurik70]

And they will call it the invasion of 1945. Against Russia, it means that any nonsense can be voiced.
But in 1968, troops were indeed brought in, and many politicians were arrested. And you can’t argue with that. No matter how you look, it’s an invasion. You can argue, for the good or the detriment of this was the Czech Republic.
For me, it was done in vain. There will be no thanks.

[Sunjar]

Quote: Shurik70

For me, it was done in vain. There will be no thanks.

Given the fact that NATO was pouring its troops there, they had a right to enter, as well as taking into account anti-communist sentiments. Imagine now in the Czech Republic the anti-NATO protests will begin with weapons, campaigning and financial support and the upcoming entry of our troops. How will NATO and the whole West act?

[Normal ok]

Quote: Sunjar

Given the fact that NATO was pouring its troops there, they had a right to enter, as well as taking into account anti-communist sentiments. Imagine now in the Czech Republic the anti-NATO protests will begin with weapons, campaigning and financial support and the upcoming entry of our troops. How will NATO and the whole West act?

In fact, you described why the troops were introduced. But legally, this is an invasion. As in the case of the hypothetical entry of NATO troops described by you, this will also be an invasion.

[Doliva63]

Quote: Normal ok

Quote: Sunjar

Given the fact that NATO was pouring its troops there, they had a right to enter, as well as taking into account anti-communist sentiments. Imagine now in the Czech Republic the anti-NATO protests will begin with weapons, campaigning and financial support and the upcoming entry of our troops. How will NATO and the whole West act?

In fact, you described why the troops were introduced. But legally, this is an invasion. As in the case of the hypothetical entry of NATO troops described by you, this will also be an invasion.

Intrusion - this is when against the will of the authorities. As far as I remember, the introduction of troops was preceded by a government appeal (who exactly, I don’t remember, I won’t say) - Dubcek was afraid to lose control completely and did not want to repeat the experience of Hungary-56. So there was no invasion.

[Sergej1972]

There was no appeal from either the government. nor the leadership of the HRC. There was an appeal from several leaders of the HRC, who did not constitute a majority in the leadership - Vasil Bilyak and some others. Gustav Gusak, by the way, was not among those who applied for military assistance. He and Freedom retroactively recognized the entry of troops, but repeatedly stated that this was not the best option.

[Nikolay Fedorov]

Quote: Shurik70

And they will call it the invasion of 1945. Against Russia, it means that any nonsense can be voiced.

Yes to us, what of this? Let them shout. For us, this is just one of hundreds of delusional charges that have been brought against us for very probable reasons. Neither hot nor cold ... But with regard to the accusations against NATO allies - Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Germany - this is already interesting! Well, Czechs, call them aggressors and occupiers and present bills for aggression! Yes, do not be shy in terms and amounts of damages. Only Putin’s personal agents could concoct such a presentation. There are our people in the Czech Republic ...

[Sunjar]

But I’m wondering why the brave Czechs didn’t take to the streets to protest and throw themselves under German tanks in 39? And I myself will answer. Yes, because it’s very convenient to show off when you know that they will not extinguish you in full. Then immediately the courage and rushing.

[Proxima]

Quote: Sunjar

But I’m wondering why the brave Czechs didn’t take to the streets to protest and throw themselves under German tanks in the year 39?

And one more reason Czechoslovakia was in fact an ally of Germany. It was then that they pretended to be innocent lambs.

[stalkerwalker]

Quote: Proxima

And another reason, Czechoslovakia was in fact an ally of Germany. It was then that they pretended to be innocent lambs.

And every third driver in Panzervaffen was from the Czech Republic.
Nah .... Everything was good for the Czechs from 39 to 42. Until they killed Heydrich. With the filing and assistance of British intelligence. So the Czechs used to live, and did not bother ....

[Proxima]

Quote: stalkerwalker

So the Czechs used to live, and did not bother ....

I will say more, they did not "grieve" in 45 either. Even an uprising raised against the "occupiers". True, this "uprising" took place at the "facilities" of the ROA (Vlasovites). However, there was an embarrassment when the Vlasovites learned that Prague was coming under the "jurisdiction" of the USSR, and not the Allies, then they quickly screwed up to these allies. These are the Czechs "fighters" against the Nazi regime.

[Alexey RA]

Quote: stalkerwalker

Nah .... Everything was good for the Czechs from the 39th to the 42nd. Until they killed Heydrich. With the filing and assistance of British intelligence.

Actually, in Operation Anthropoid, everything was the other way around - it was not the British special services that helped the Czechs, but the Czechs - the British. The Heydrich elimination group came from Britain (where the Czechoslovak saboteurs who were part of it were trained), and the local Czech resistance in the operation was on the sidelines.
But the Czechs were noted in the capture of the assassins - during the assault on the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius of the Czech Orthodox Church, in which the liquidators tried to hide, Czech firefighters acted along with the Germans, flooding the church cellars.

[Sergej1972]

Czechoslovakia has not existed since 1939. There were the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (the present Czech Republic without the Sudetenland) and the Independent Slovak State. Plus, part of the territories went to Germany (Sudetenland) and Hungary (Transcarpathia and part of southern Slovakia).

[Doliva63]

Quote: Sunjar

But I’m wondering why the brave Czechs didn’t take to the streets to protest and throw themselves under German tanks in 39? And I myself will answer. Yes, because it’s very convenient to show off when you know that they will not extinguish you in full. Then immediately the courage and rushing.

So then it was not an invasion, then the owners returned!

[Dangerous]

That was a real power. Just a riot on the ship - just half a million soldiers and a thousand tanks. Now our allies are many times more dangerous than the situation (coups mainly), and ours are not even threatened with a finger. I am proud of the USSR!

[Serg65]

Quote: Dangerous

Just a riot on the ship - immediately half a million soldiers and a thousand tanks

Yeah, especially when these riots themselves staged!

[Sergej1972]

Only Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 are real. With China, Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania could not do anything.

[tap]

Was the work of the Czech and Slovak industry for Hitler Germany not a violation of international law? Anything can be dragged behind the ears, depending on what kind of situation. There was nothing to buzz, and troops would not be needed

[Shurik70]

And many do not argue with this in Russia.
The USSR did not cope with diplomacy and agents, so it decided to act by force.
Not so it was necessary.

[faiver]

Not so it was necessary.

Well, yes, from the height of past years, then it is more visible ...

[rotmistr60]

was an act of attack and subsequent occupation of the country

One spill from a western "barrel", which is in great demand today, is not new. For some Czechs (and not forgetting Slovaks), who knock themselves on the chest with their heels, proving what they were "anti-Soviet", this is of course the year of recognition. their real Czech Slovaks and "fighters against communism". But as it turns out, they are simple puppets of the West and simply zaslanets with a different impromptu of the word.

[Jerk]

Let us refresh the memory of the universal people ...

German and Polish border guard on a railway bridge in the Czechoslovak city of Bohumin occupied by Poland

[Jerk]

Oh, and by the way, Czechoslovakia was included in the zone of influence of the USSR under the international treaty of the victorious countries. The opinion of the Czechs - few people care. If precedents are needed, let them first tell how, in Greece, England, together with a full-fledged SS division, suppressed the Greek protests against the British occupation immediately after the war.

[My address]

I can’t resist from “FU” addressed to the “brothers of the Slavs”, although I have repeatedly decided not to comment:
1. The Yugoslavs are proud of the struggle against fascist Germany. The Czechs say they would be proud too, but the Germans did not allow them to fight.
2. I look at Libya and Iraq and understand how lucky Czechoslovakia was that the USSR was not a democratic state.

[sxfRipper]

For a long time there is neither Czechoslovakia nor the USSR. But on the part of the PPR, our "former" of all stripes cannot calm down in any way.

[hunn]

They should be reminded more often that their ancestors worked on our land during the civil war. In Siberia, they remember this.

[A. Privalov]

The case is known. The usual political statement associated with the current moment.
Nowadays, there is a clear trend towards revising historical events from the point of view of today's worldview. Yesterday, the USSR liberated Czechoslovakia, and today they call the introduction of troops in 1968 an act of attack. This is not very nice. In the past, the USSR more than once or twice fell into similar situations. Suffice it to recall the expulsion of military advisers from Egypt, changes in the political views of the countries of Africa and Latin America. The day will come when the Syrians will call today's assistance with some offensive words. However, such turn of events should be prepared.

[alstr]

Interestingly, the Czechs in September will remember that in 1938 Germany and Poland really conquered them? And also condemn?

[Moskovit]

I will say more, most Syrian refugees in Europe and the Americas are watering Russia with such slop ... And there are millions of them. So we are ready for this right now). But they do not want to return and restore Syria. From afar, it is more convenient to love the homeland

[SGarnik]

Do not mix all the Syrians in one pile. The Sunnis are now against the help of Russia, but the Alavites are completely different, and according to who keeps the power in their hands and the attitude to Russia will be determined.

[Alexey RA]

Quote: A. Privalov

In the past, the USSR more than once or twice fell into similar situations. It is enough to recall the expulsion of military advisers from Egypt, changes in the political views of the countries of Africa and Latin America.

Yeah ... The first socialist war between Somalia and Ethiopia. Both countries were supported by the USSR and were considered embarked on the path of socialism - and here is such an embarrassment.
Ours eventually chose Ethiopia as an ally. And from Somalia the citizens of the USSR had to be evacuated with the support of the ships of the 8th OPESK - with the landing of the Marine Corps in Mogadishu (EMNIP, distinguished by the BDK "50 years of patronage of the Komsomol").

[bessmertniy]

Now the Czechs have their own small state. Its a little democracy. Its a small economy. And before, Czechoslovakia was in a prominent place in the Warsaw Pact and CMEA.

[Sergej1972]

Their economy is not so small.

[TAMBU]

It’s good that there are still guys who can, want and can explain in detail and qualitatively to the young generation what really happened there.

[shubin]

The Soviet Union was too lazy with all these German mongrels, and after all, almost the entire Warsaw pact consisted of former enemies of the USSR, with the possible exception of Poland, which officially did not fight against the USSR, but shot our soldiers in the back at every opportunity.
It was necessary to pull out of them in full, so that they would pay off with interest for what they had done, and with the slightest disobedience, a boot in the face.

[TAMBU]

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Советско-польская_война

"Study, study and study again" by V.I. Lenin.

And about "pulling" it did not correspond to the ideology of the Communist Party, which "conquered" the country by building factories, schools and hospitals on their territories. in general, they were terrible people.

[andron-30]

that Poland did not fight the USSR? And the army is kraev? what are you saying, honor and praise to the Red Army soldiers who were falling asleep at the cost of their lives Krakow, Warsaw, although now I think in vain our grandfathers shed their blood, oh in vain, the Psheks and Czechs would hunch on the Germans, that’s how it is, say bad lived?

[Nikolay Fedorov]

Surprising time of appearance of the article. Today is August 23, and events in Czechoslovakia began at 4 a.m. on August 21, 1968. Two days of sleep-a-ha-al-Esto-o-onsky?
PS In fact, August 21 could be celebrated as a day of blue landing berets. As early as May 9, paratroopers marched at the parade like all special forces of the world - in maroon berets. But to carry out the Czechoslovak operation, the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Margelov ordered to switch to hats of blue color. This cunningly wise decision of Margelov helped our paratroopers save more than a dozen lives and ensured the success of the task. When our paratroopers, landing near Prague in a regular scheduled flight, fell from the side (all in blue berets), the local security forces did nothing, thinking that they were UN peacekeepers - Blue Helmets. And this happened all over the place. When they understood what was happening, it was too late.

[Doliva63]

Quote: Nikolai Fedorov

Surprising time of appearance of the article. Today is August 23, and events in Czechoslovakia began at 4 a.m. on August 21, 1968. Two days of sleep-a-ha-al-Esto-o-onsky?
PS In fact, August 21 could be celebrated as a day of blue landing berets. As early as May 9, paratroopers marched at the parade like all special forces of the world - in maroon berets. But to carry out the Czechoslovak operation, the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Margelov ordered to switch to hats of blue color. This cunningly wise decision of Margelov helped our paratroopers save more than a dozen lives and ensured the success of the task. When our paratroopers, landing near Prague in a regular scheduled flight, fell from the side (all in blue berets), the local security forces did nothing, thinking that they were UN peacekeepers - Blue Helmets. And this happened all over the place. When they understood what was happening, it was too late.

The Airborne Forces did not play a special role in those events. He himself was a paratrooper in the past, but in fairness it must be admitted that they were the first to enter Prague, put things in order there and sent ground units from the GSVG to the Union of the authors of the events, in particular, the ORB 14 of the GVMSD from the 20 Guards. Tanks PT-76 of this battalion "prepared" and the airfield to receive aircraft, tk. The Czechs put trucks on the runway.
I think the GSVG was the most powerful and trained group of forces in the world after the war, which could only be "strained" by the use of nuclear weapons, and that is not a fact. ZGV no longer counts.

[igorra]

There is nothing to comment on with our modern morality. 68, in the army and leadership of the country, front-line soldiers remembering how Czechoslovakians plowed on the Nazis without any murmur and how they had to deal with this rotten people, cowardly to trembling in the heat, before the Germans? Something to the Germans no complaints. They know that the Russians are generous and compassionate for the vanquished, therefore they yelp. We still didn’t say anything to them for the rebellion of the Whites, although we could leave them to rot far beyond the Urals. Eternally, by that saying, we are raking where to do good and receive evil in return.

[Doliva63]

Quote: igorra

There is nothing to comment on with our modern morality. 68, in the army and leadership of the country, front-line soldiers remembering how Czechoslovakians plowed on the Nazis without any murmur and how they had to deal with this rotten people, cowardly to trembling in the heat, before the Germans? Something to the Germans no complaints. They know that the Russians are generous and compassionate for the vanquished, therefore they yelp. We still didn’t say anything to them for the rebellion of the Whites, although we could leave them to rot far beyond the Urals. Eternally, by that saying, we are raking where to do good and receive evil in return.

The Czechs also remembered our front-line soldiers - when their government was arrested (so to speak), the guards did not resist so much that they did not even begin to disarm them. This is only later, away from sin - suddenly they get drunk with grief and shoot each other, they took rifles and grenades from them.

[SGarnik]

It is very unfortunate that Russia cannot gather Slavic states around itself, and people in the power of Russia and other Slavic states who are not interested in the unity of the Slavs condone this. It is necessary to recall positive moments in history more often, to hold forums, Pan-Slavic games, etc. Russia should act as an arbiter in misunderstandings among the Slavic states and reconcile them. I think that a compromise can also be found with Ukraine if you demolish its elite, which is one of those who do not want unity of the Slavs.

[Doliva63]

Quote: SGarnik

It is very unfortunate that Russia cannot gather Slavic states around itself, and people in the power of Russia and other Slavic states who are not interested in the unity of the Slavs condone this. It is necessary to recall positive moments in history more often, to hold forums, Pan-Slavic games, etc. Russia should act as an arbiter in misunderstandings among the Slavic states and reconcile them. I think that a compromise can also be found with Ukraine if you demolish its elite, which is one of those who do not want unity of the Slavs.

Russia is preoccupied with collecting oil and gas dollars, what are the Slavs ?!

[Alexey RA]

Quote: SGarnik

It is very unfortunate that Russia cannot gather Slavic states around itself

Thank you, the whole of the XNUMXth century did this. As a result, we got the same Bulgaria, to the shores of which a few years after the end of the Russo-Turkish war, a Black Sea Fleet cruiser had to be sent to evacuate the Russians and Bulgarians sympathizing with Russia.
Or you can recall the Second Balkan - when some little brothers decided that other little brothers took too much for themselves as a result of the first war.

[andron-30]

Bulgarians as a state owe Russia, that's why they want to do everything in their power to get away from a debt of honor to Russia for the fact that they as a state still exist,

[Tank hard]

Then it is necessary to call the actions of the Czechoslovak corps during the "civil war" in post-imperial Russia - an attack! https: //realnoevremya.ru/articles/61211-chehoslovackiy-korpus-v-grazhdanskoy-voyne-v-rossii[/B]

[Elephant]

Would it be better under the Germans to live better? True, a country called the Czech Republic would not exist on the world map at all ...

[iouris]

Young people need to know something about history. Firstly, 1968 was only 1945 years away from 23. This is a short time. WWII veterans still served in the troops, practically all marshals and generals went through this war. They remembered that the Wehrmacht and the Luftwaffe fought on equipment developed or worked in Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovakians, surrendering to the Reich without resistance, became its most powerful military-technical center. Many Czechs had the right to citizenship of the Reich, and therefore participated in hostilities against the USSR. Slovak pilots fought against the USSR. Secondly, no formal claims were made against Czechoslovakia in this regard, although Czechoslovakia actually fought against the anti-Hitler coalition, there were no Soviet troops on its territory. Czechoslovakia became part of the Soviet bloc of socialist states on special conditions and was provided with the highest standard of living among the CMEA states. The possible withdrawal of Czechoslovakia from the CMEA and OVD, the entry of Czechoslovakia into the Western bloc on preferential terms would mean the collapse of the world socialist system, the defeat of the USSR. Also, there could be no alternative model of socialism in 1968, so the Soviet leadership in 1968 had no other alternative. Thus, Dubchek deliberately led the state of Czechoslovakia along an adventurous path. The introduction of troops into Czechoslovakia could not have been an "act of attack", since Czechoslovakia in 1968 did not have sovereignty. Whether the Czech Republic and Slovakia have sovereignty today is a question for the US administration.

[Corn]

No crime can justify another crime.
The USSR did not have any legal or moral right to occupy Czechoslovakia or kill innocent civilians.

Quote: iouris

Whether the Czech Republic and Slovakia have sovereignty today is a question

This is a question from the shell of RenTV fantasies about reptilians and masons, for the Czech Republic is now a prosperous and advanced country.
Independence, authorities are actions to the maximum advantage of their people, so that people have decent wages, and minerals do not disappear in trillions of dollars in an unknown direction, rather than turning into a country outcast-cannibal following the example of Iran, Syria, Venezuela and North Korea.

[Vadim Golubkov]

The USSR did not have any legal or moral right to occupy Czechoslovakia ============== Who liberated Czechoslovakia? According to the Moral Law, according to the Law of Law, we had the right to wipe out Europe from the face of the Earth, which they killed 25 million and erased cities, villages and villages. Do you recall 1918? Now look how much they killed our civilians and how much we .... I’m not only about Chekhov .... We had a huge right in all LAWS .... But we did not do this with them.

[TAMBU]

The USSR did not have any legal or moral right to occupy Czechoslovakia or kill innocent civilians.

Legitimate had. Innocent ...? familiar rhetoric ...

but about the level of prostitution, drug addiction and unemployment in the Czech Republic, the liberal report for some reason is silent ... these are probably the consequences of the damned scoop ... not otherwise ...

and lately the price level there has risen to German, which means that soon we will see new realities of this "prosperous" country

[Doliva63]

Quote: Corn

No crime can justify another crime.
The USSR did not have any legal or moral right to occupy Czechoslovakia or kill innocent civilians.

Quote: iouris

Whether the Czech Republic and Slovakia have sovereignty today is a question

This is a question from the shell of RenTV fantasies about reptilians and masons, for the Czech Republic is now a prosperous and advanced country.
Independence, authorities are actions to the maximum advantage of their people, so that people have decent wages, and minerals do not disappear in trillions of dollars in an unknown direction, rather than turning into a country outcast-cannibal following the example of Iran, Syria, Venezuela and North Korea.

Is that what you need to smoke to make it happen ?!

[Alexey RA]

Quote: Corn

The USSR did not have any legal or moral right to occupy Czechoslovakia or kill innocent civilians.

In an ideal legal world, it’s possible. In the realities of the Cold War, talking about any legal right is meaningless - in the zones of their interests the superpowers did not restrain themselves by any right. If someone threatens national interests at the borders of a superpower, the use of force is inevitable. And you can stop this use only by the same force or threat to its use. Cuba, Grenada and Panama are examples of this.

Quote: Corn

Independence, authorities are actions to the maximum extent in the interests of their people

Is compulsory execution of signs from Brussels also made in the interests of their people?

Quote: Corn

rather than turning into a country into a rogue cannibal following the example of Iran, Syria, Venezuela and North Korea

Your Euro- and American-centrism is amazing. Wake up - the world does not end at the borders of the US and the EU. And the "outcast" in the eyes of the so-called "civilized" world is a usual trading partner for other countries, including the "workshop of the world".

[Sergej1972]

Czechoslovakia was a member of the UN, which means it had sovereignty. For some reason, Yugoslavia, China, North Korea, and Albania could build alternative models. And Romania and Poland, which are part of the CMEA and ATS, also had control models, partly alternative models of the USSR.

[Vadim Golubkov]

one of the first color revolutions?

[Doliva63]

Quote: Vadim Golubkov

one of the first color revolutions?

The first was in Vnegria. In the early 60s, it seems, they tried to rock the GDR.

[da Vinci]

The troops introduced ATS. Why claims only to the USSR?

[Sergej1972]

Because the USSR was the leading force of the ATS. Its Armed Forces were many times more powerful than the armies of all the other ATS countries. Romania, as a member of the police department, condemned the entry of troops into Czechoslovakia. And in 1968, Albania officially left the police department, although it did not really take part in its activities since 1961.

[Sergej1972]

What is this Czechoslovak SSR? Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. That is - the emergency - the Czechoslovak, and SR - the Socialist Republic. In an extreme case, the Czechoslovak SR would have been written, although such spelling was not practiced.

[andron-30]

the Czech parliament must urgently gather on their territory again and the Germans and Poles are all different, but the Czechs do not scratch