THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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TRUE
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -For a few fleeting months in 1968, Czechoslovakians living under Communism got to enjoy newfound freedoms in a period known as the “Prague Spring.” But in August of that year, tanks from the Soviet Union and allied Warsaw Pact nations quickly crushed the reforms.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Prague Spring was an attempt to moderate and soften communism in Czechoslovakia during the mid-1960s. The experiment was short-lived, however, the Soviet Union leading a Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Detailed explanation-3: -It emerged from over 40 years of Communist rule in 1990, and was the first former Eastern Bloc state to acquire the status of a developed economy. It joined the European Union in 2004. Communist rule had lasted since 1948, when the restored pre-war democratic system was overthrown in a Soviet-backed coup.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Berlin Wall had only just fallen when 15, 000 students gathered in Prague on 17 November 1989. It was a moment that precipitated the end of communism in Czechoslovakia and is being marked 30 years on by the people of two states, Czechs and Slovaks.