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Fifty years since Czechoslovakia independence observed
A historical sketch outlines Czechoslovakia's birth in 1918 under Masaryk, Benes and the 1938 Munich betrayal, wartime occupation, 1948 communist takeover, 1968 liberalization and the August invasion by Soviet bloc troops, framing a long struggle for national identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Masaryk
Czechslovakia
Sudetenland
Hitler
Germany
Benes
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Alexander Dubcek
Communist Party
U.S.S.R