National Museum - bullet holes - shooting - damage - Prague

Troops of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1968, to halt political liberalization in the country called the Prague Spring. Bullet ridden facade of the National Museum in Prague after Soviet soldiers opened machine gun fire at the building during protests against the invasion at Wenceslas Square. CTK Photo

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Bullet Halt Holes Invaded Liberalization Pact Protests Wenceslas

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