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Alexander Dubcek as First Secretary
"5 January 1968 Stalinist party chief Antonin Novotny voted out of the communist party's central committee, and Alexander Dubcek (1921-), a slovak with a liberal reputation, replaced him as First Secretary of the communist party." -C.T. Evans -
Antonin Novotny Replaced
"April 1968, Novotny removed as president, and General Jan Svoboda installed." -C.T. Evans -
Beginning of the Prague Spring
"Prague Spring, "Socialism with a Human Face," as Dubcek ended censorship and instituted liberal economic reforms. Dubcek continued to proclaim loyalty to Moscow to avert a replay of 1956 in Hungary, but increasingly Soviet leaders became suspicious." -C.T. Evans -
Warsaw Pact
"June 1968, Warsaw pact maneuvers held in Czechoslovakia." C.T. Evans -
Czechoslovakia and USSR meet
"29 July 1968, Czech and Soviet leaders met at Cierna near the border to "discuss" the situation." -C.T. Evans -
Warsaw Pact invade Czechoslovakia
"20/21 August 1968, Warsaw Pact invasion. The Czech army did not resist; although there were a few isolated outbreaks of fighting." - C.T. Evans -
Brezhnev Doctrine Justification
"Brezhnev Doctrine (Pravda, 25 September 1968), justified the intervention." -C.T. Evans -
Protests Against the Invasion
"28 October 1968, large protests occurred in Prague against the Soviet occupation." C.T. Evans -
Husak Replaces Dubcek
"17 April 1969, Gustav Husak replaced Dubcek as first secretary of the communist party." C.T. Evans
