Occupation of Liberec

Occupation of Liberec
Part of Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
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Date 21 August 1968 Location Liberec, Czechoslovakia Result Soviet victory Occupation of Liberec by Soviet army
Belligerents
Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union
Strength
Hundreds of unarmed people
Casualties and losses
9 killed 45 injured

Occupation of Liberec occurred on 21 August 1968 during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[1] In the early hours of the Soviet invasion, 4 people were shot dead by Soviet troops in the main square and 24 were injured, 2 of whom died later; a few hours after this, a Soviet tank rammed the arcade at the square^[2] causing the immediate death of 2 people and injured 9 (1 died later);^[3] Occupation of Liberec was second bloodiest event of the invasion after Battle for Czechoslovak Radio.^[4]