Consequences of the Prague Spring

• Consequently, Dubcek was replaced by the hardline communist Gustav Husak
• Consequently, Husak ordered the arrest of over a thousand Czechs; the liberal reforms were at an end
• Consequently, On 26 September Brezhnev introduced the 'Brezhnev Doctrine': if one Warsaw Pact took actions that threatened the others (and became more liberal), it was the responsibility of the other Warsaw Pact countries to prevent them
• Consequently, Yugoslavia and Romania condemned the invasion
• Consequently, the Communist Parties of Italy and France cut links to Moscow
• Consequently, Soviet control over the Warsaw Pact countries was increased
• Consequently, Western countries tried to pass a UN resolution condemning the invasion but the USSR vetoed it