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1942  May 27
 
   
Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded by Free Czech agents parachuted in from Britain      
1945  May 5
 
  
The citizens of Prague, and other cities in Czechoslovakia, rise against the Germans as the Red Army approaches from the east     
1945 June 21
 
    
The Sudetenland is restored to Czechoslovakia, seven years after its transfer to Germany under the Munich Agreement       
1946
 
  
The Communists become the largest party in Czechoslovakia, winning 38% of the vote in a free election     
1948
 
   
An armed coup, led by Klement Gottwald, imposes single-party Communist rule in Czechoslovakia      
1968
 
   
Alexander Dubcek becomes first secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist party, following pressure for reform from party intellectuals      
1968
 
    
New Czech leader Alexander Dubcek facilitates the Prague Spring, aiming in his words to provide 'socialism with a human face'       
1968
 
    
Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to end the Prague Spring       
Soviet tanks in Prague
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1968
 
   
Reformist Czech leader Alexander Dubcek is arrested and flown to Moscow      
1969
 
    
Moscow imposes Gustav Husak as first secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, with the brief to reverse Dubcek's reforms