... 1956 the Red Army entered Hungary and crushed the resistance in two weeks. Warsaw Pact forces were utilised at times, such as during the 1968 Prague Spring, when they invaded Czechoslovakia to put down the democratic reforms that were being implemented by the government there. This brought to light the Soviet policy governing the Warsaw Pact, the Brezhnev Doctrine, that stated " ... a peaceful solution, while the Catholic Church managed to cool down some militant opposition fractions. The government's inability to forestall Poland's economic decline led to waves of strikes across the cou...

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