Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2008: 176-179

Military Memorandum 1968: Why the Soviets did not Occupied the Ministry of National Defence, but MPA KGHistory pages

PhDr. Antonín Rašek

It might be logical to occupy the main posts of enemy's command, but to take over the school? The Military Political Academy (MPA KG) constituted natural background of the so-called reformed forces, arising after the January 1968, at the beginning of the Prague's Spring. The MPA teachers and scholars outlined new prospects of European security development, among others with minor role of the Warsaw Pact, i.e. with the demand to rethink key principles of party's military policy, to reassess communist military doctrine. That's why the invaders regarded this university more dangerous then the then MoD. The review, eyewitness of those historic events, recollects prominent names not to be forget: Milan Ždímal, Vojtěch Mencl, Václav Prchlík, and shortly describes their following personal history.

Published: December 15, 2008  Show citation

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Rašek, A. (2008). Military Memorandum 1968: Why the Soviets did not Occupied the Ministry of National Defence, but MPA KG. Czech Military Review89(4), 176-179
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