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  2. Dana Herrmannová - Wikipedia

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    Dagmar "Dana" Herrmannová (née Fišerová; 26 June 1931 – 7 December 2024) was a Slovak television presenter.She was well-known in Czechoslovakia for broadcasting live for hours during the special Czechoslovak Television coverage of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, until the broadcast was forcefully ended by the Soviet invaders.

  3. Czechoslovakia 1968 - Wikipedia

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    Czechoslovakia 1968 (also known as Czechoslovakia 1918-1968) is a 1969 short documentary film about the "Prague Spring", the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. [5] The film was produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA) under the direction of Robert M. Fresco and Denis Sanders and features the graphic design of Norman Gollin.

  4. Warsaw Pact - Wikipedia

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    The Warsaw Pact (WP), [d] formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), [e] was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

  5. Army of the Socialist Republic of Romania - Wikipedia

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    A distinctive feature of the system of manning the RAF armed forces was the continued possibility of conscription of women for military service (although the bulk of the female military personnel serving at that time were doctors, nurses, and radio communications operators). [20] The Army active personnel amounted to the following numbers: [21]

  6. 1981 warning strike in Poland - Wikipedia

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    Two days later, a four-hour national warning strike took place. It was the biggest strike in the history of both Poland and the Warsaw Pact. [1] [2] [3] According to several sources, between 12 million [4] [5] and 14 million Poles took part. [6]

  7. De-satellization of the Socialist Republic of Romania - Wikipedia

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    Romania opposed the use of its territory by foreign forces, [28] and with Bulgaria was one of the two Warsaw Pact members not to allow the stationing of foreign troops on its soil, Soviet or otherwise. [29] [30] Although Romania did participate in joint Warsaw Pact air and naval exercises, it did not allow such exercises on its own territory. [31]

  8. Soviet empire - Wikipedia

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    The members of the Warsaw Pact, sometimes called the Eastern Bloc, were widely viewed as Soviet satellite states. These countries were occupied (or formerly occupied) by the Red Army, and their politics, military, foreign and domestic policies were dominated by the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact included the following states: [36] [37]

  9. Western Bloc - Wikipedia

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    As such, the bloc was opposed to the political systems and foreign policies of communist countries, which were centered on the Soviet Union, other members of the Warsaw Pact, and usually the People's Republic of China. The name "Western Bloc" emerged in response to and as the antithesis of its Communist counterpart, the Eastern Bloc.