Remembering the victims of the Warsaw Pact Armies' invasion
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- Date: 21.08.2017
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On behalf of the SVK MOD, State Secretary of the SVK MOD Róbert Ondrejcsák commemorated the victims of the 1968 invasion of former Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact Armies at a ceremony in Bratislava's Šafárik Square. The act of commemoration marked the 49th anniversary of the military invasion of the former CSSR.
Operation Danube was the code name for the invasion. It was launched on the night of 20/21 August 1968 (at about 23.00pm). Apart from the Soviet Army, the military intervention into Czechoslovakia involved troops from the Polish, Hungarian and Bulgarian People's Armies. The Soviet Army troops continued to be present on the ground in former Czechoslovakia well until the second decade of June 1991, whereupon the last military units were finally withdrawn. The withdrawal of the Soviet Army troops took 16 months to complete and was coordinated and supported by the Soviet Army Withdrawal Coordination Authority under the command of Maj Gen Svetozár Naďovič. According to official figures, a total of 10,247 troops were stationed in Slovakia, along with 5,075 family dependants.
Operation Danube was the code name for the invasion. It was launched on the night of 20/21 August 1968 (at about 23.00pm). Apart from the Soviet Army, the military intervention into Czechoslovakia involved troops from the Polish, Hungarian and Bulgarian People's Armies. The Soviet Army troops continued to be present on the ground in former Czechoslovakia well until the second decade of June 1991, whereupon the last military units were finally withdrawn. The withdrawal of the Soviet Army troops took 16 months to complete and was coordinated and supported by the Soviet Army Withdrawal Coordination Authority under the command of Maj Gen Svetozár Naďovič. According to official figures, a total of 10,247 troops were stationed in Slovakia, along with 5,075 family dependants.
