While the people of Czechoslovakia enjoyed the relaxed rule of Dubcek the soviet Union felt otherwise. Initially, the Soviet union was not overly concerned with Czechoslovakia’s new form of government but once other countries ruled by the U.S.S.R. took notice, they worried the idea of questioning would spread. The U.S.S.R. worried that the criticism of government might spark a revolution. The soviet union tried to make agreements with Czechoslovakia to censor more free speech but when that failed they sent in military force. The Soviet Union sent in 202,000 Warsaw Pact troops and tanks to occupy Czechoslovakia, which killed and wounded 774 Czechoslovakians. The people of Czechoslovakia did not physically resist these attacks but people were in a panic. Some Czechoslovakians resisted the Soviet Union by painting over all the road signs and directing people to go the wrong way. In response to this the U.S.S.R. gave up their plan to get rid of Dubcek and instead permitted him to stay in office, but laws would be more strict. Czechoslovakia went back to the way it was before the Prague Spring after Dubcek was replaced with Gustav Husak who reversed all of Dubcek's
While the people of Czechoslovakia enjoyed the relaxed rule of Dubcek the soviet Union felt otherwise. Initially, the Soviet union was not overly concerned with Czechoslovakia’s new form of government but once other countries ruled by the U.S.S.R. took notice, they worried the idea of questioning would spread. The U.S.S.R. worried that the criticism of government might spark a revolution. The soviet union tried to make agreements with Czechoslovakia to censor more free speech but when that failed they sent in military force. The Soviet Union sent in 202,000 Warsaw Pact troops and tanks to occupy Czechoslovakia, which killed and wounded 774 Czechoslovakians. The people of Czechoslovakia did not physically resist these attacks but people were in a panic. Some Czechoslovakians resisted the Soviet Union by painting over all the road signs and directing people to go the wrong way. In response to this the U.S.S.R. gave up their plan to get rid of Dubcek and instead permitted him to stay in office, but laws would be more strict. Czechoslovakia went back to the way it was before the Prague Spring after Dubcek was replaced with Gustav Husak who reversed all of Dubcek's