![People throw Molotov cocktails and stones at Soviet Army tanks in front of the Czechoslovak Radio station building in central Prague during the first day of Soviet-led invasion to then Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1968.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/M-Czech-LEAD-4C-Aug11-crop-760x428.jpg)
August 2011
Military Heritage
Prague Spring, 1968: “The Whole World is Watching”
By Todd A. RaffenspergerAt 1:30 am on August 21, 1968, Czech authorities at Ruzyne Airport in the capital city of Prague waited to greet a special flight that was flying in directly from Moscow. Read more