Inside Europe | 23.08.2008 | 15:05
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia
More reminders of the Cold War this week in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The two countries marked the 40th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion with a number of ceremonies and exhibitions.
Shortly before midnight, on August 20th, 1968, 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops occupied Communist Czechoslovakia, to put an end to the liberal reforms known as the Prague Spring. Around 100 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the clashes that followed, and an estimated 300,000 people later emigrated.
Reporter: Rob Cameron
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