Consequence Of Soviet Invasion: Soviet/ US Relations

Question 1

What happened to the relations between US and soviet post invasion ?

Answer 1

It temporarily worsened relations
Countries such as Britain and the UsA protested the soviet actions

Question 2

Were relations heavily affected?

Answer 2

Temporary worsened relations but relations continued after a slight break

Question 3

What was the US in the middle of which could have taken away from its reaction ?

Answer 3

• in the middle of a presidential election in 1968
• the Vietnam war
• moreover Brezhnev and President Johnson had agreed they would not intervene in Czech if the Soviets didn’t intervene in Vietnam

Question 4

What did America do ?

Answer 4

Publically condemned the invasion but didn’t offer military support to Czechoslovakia

Question 5

What did the events in Czechoslovakia reduce ?

Answer 5

International criticism of the USA’s involvement in the Vietnam war