Battle for Czechoslovak Radio

Battle for Czechoslovak Radio
Part of Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Date 21 August 1968 Location Prague, Czechoslovakia Result Soviet victory Red Army ceased the building of the radio and its activity.
Belligerents
Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union
Strength
500 people	Infantry and 6 tanks
Casualties and losses
17 killed[1][2]	3 tanks destroyed

The Battle for Czechoslovak Radio was a clash between Czechoslovak citizens defending Czechoslovak Radio and soldiers of the Soviet Army during the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. 17 unarmed Czechoslovak citizens were killed defending the Czechoslovak Radio on Vinohradská Street in Prague from occupation troops of the Soviet Army. When the Soviet troops tried to break into the radio building, its defenders threw stones and broke through the external diesel fuel tanks of the tanks with pickaxes, which they set fire to, managing to destroy several tanks.^[3] The encounter became a symbol of the resistance of the people of Prague against Warsaw Pact forces during the invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[4]