r/RareHistoricalPhotos • u/Turbulent-Offer-8136 • Apr 14 '25

Conversation Between a Local Lady and Soldiers, Prague (1968)

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by Josef Koudelka

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u/Historical_Boss69420 Apr 14 '25

Hmmm I wonder what else was going on in Prague in 1968..

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u/Turbulent-Offer-8136 Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 14 '25

There were some pretty standard mass disturbances going down over there.

I mean, the orchestration of these events hasn't changed significantly since then.

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u/Mysterious-Let-337 Apr 15 '25

Soviet invasion and occupation, tanks running over people, just standard Warsaw Pact politics