4.3 Czechoslovakia 1968-69 Flashcards
1
Q
Czechoslovakia at the time
A
satellite state
communist government system
part of warsaw pact
2
Q
Leader of Czechoslovakia
A
Alexander Dubcek
- Communist
- Committed to warsaw pact
3
Q
New soviet leader
A
Leonid Brezhnev
4
Q
Dubcek’s reforms
A
Trade with west increased
Freedom to travel abroad
Multi-party elections
Criticism of government
5
Q
Why was Brezhnev worried about Dubcek’s reforms
A
Other countries in the Warsaw pact may try to do the same
6
Q
August 1968
A
Brezhnev ordered 500,00 warsaw pact tropps to invade Czechoslovakia
People protested against invasion
7
Q
Brezhnev Doctorine
A
justification of the invasion as necessary to protect unity of the soviet buffer zone
8
Q
impact of czechoslovakia
A
Dubcek arrested and replaced by Gustav husak
