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Events relating to bohemia
Chamberlain and Daladier agree at Munich that Hitler may annexe the Czech Sudetenland, with its largely German population
Poland insists that the industrial area of Teschen Silesia, largely inhabited by Poles, be ceded by Czechoslovakia
The Sudetenland is transferred from Czechoslovakia to Germany, in accordance with the Munich agreement
Hitler's armies smash their way into Czechoslovakia and enter Prague, against all his previous promises
Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded by Free Czech agents parachuted in from Britain
The citizens of Prague, and other cities in Czechoslovakia, rise against the Germans as the Red Army approaches from the east
The Sudetenland is restored to Czechoslovakia, seven years after its transfer to Germany under the Munich Agreement
The Communists become the largest party in Czechoslovakia, winning 38% of the vote in a free election
An armed coup, led by Klement Gottwald, imposes single-party Communist rule in Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek becomes first secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist party, following pressure for reform from party intellectuals
New Czech leader Alexander Dubcek facilitates the Prague Spring, aiming in his words to provide 'socialism with a human face'
Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to end the Prague Spring
Reformist Czech leader Alexander Dubcek is arrested and flown to Moscow
Moscow imposes Gustav Husak as first secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, with the brief to reverse Dubcek's reforms
Czech novelist Milan Kundera publishes The Unbearable Lightness of Being, in the tradition of magic realism
The Communist party relinquishes power without bloodshed in Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution
Alexander Dubcek is Speaker of Parliament and Václav Havel is President in the new democratic government of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia divides peacefully into the Czech and Slovak Republics
