Holešov barracks incident

Holešov barracks incident
Part of Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Date21 August 1968 – early September 1968
Location
Holešov, Czechoslovakia
49°19′36″N 17°35′14″E / 49.32667°N 17.58722°E / 49.32667; 17.58722
Result Military inconclusive
Belligerents
 Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. Vladimír Košan
Maj. Jiří Dufek
Lt. Col. Miroslav Šedina
Strength
700 paratroopers
Casualties and losses
None None

The Holešov barracks incident was a stand-off confrontation between Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak paratroopers prevented Soviet soldiers from entering the Czechoslovak People's Army barracks at Holešov.

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