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By the time the Velvet Revolution started, Poland was already after it's semi-free election, Hungary dismantled the heavily protected border with Austria, and t
by ciceryadam 6y ago
By the time the Velvet Revolution started, Poland was already after it's semi-free election, Hungary dismantled the heavily protected border with Austria, and the Berlin wall fell.
But still, part of the local communist army had a contingency plan, 2 MiG-29 jets going supersonic, as low as they could, above the 300000+ protesters in Letna park. Thank god they didn't go through with it.
Sources in Czech: https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/stacil-by-prelet-stihacky-nad-letnou-a-byli-by-mrtvi-vzpomina-na-listopad-prominentni-estebak-82837 https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/stacil-by-prelet-stihacky...
https://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/zpravy/Havel-vzpominal-Stacily-dve-stihacky-A-revoluce-by-byla-krvava-218079 https://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/zpravy/Havel-vzpominal-Staci...