This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia that crushed the short-lived interval of freedom that the country enjoyed under the reforming rule of Alexander Dubcek.Jan Lidicky, who grew up in Czechoslovakia, witnessed these events first-hand before leaving his homeland in early 1969 and migrating to Australia.Alexander DubcekLeonid BrezhnevSoviet tanksoccupy PragueIn the early hours of August 21, 1968, the people of what was then Czechoslovakia woke up to a …
