 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure peHondo yeNyika II neSoviet-backed pro-Soviet coup détatmuna February 1948, Czechoslovakia yakava rutivi rweEastern Bloc inotungamirirwa neSoviet uye yakanga iri imwe yenhengo dzakatanga dzeWarsaw Pact muna May 1955. Muna August 1968, mukupindura Prague Spring pro-democracy reforms yehurumende yeCzech, kupindirwa kwaitungamirirwa neSoviet kwakadzorera kutonga kweCommunist kwakasimba nesimba. Vanhu vokuCzech neSlovakia 108 vakafa uye vanenge 500 vakakuvadzwa somugumisiro wakananga wokupinda nechisimba. Ikoku kwakakuvadza ukama pakati penyika mbiri. 