National Content: Germany

The invasion in Prague was the reaction of the liberalisation in the socialist system. The sources show that not only the government, but also the people of Czechoslovakia wanted freedom. The reaction of the members of the Warsaw Pact shows that there was no room for this liberalisation in the Cold War. Any attempt to liberalise was answered with military violence. The West-German public was interested in the event. The sources show the fear towards the Soviet Union.