Labels:text | screenshot OCR: THE FALL OF COMMUNISM OVERVIEW OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION SOVIET UNION COLD WAR 3 IRON CURTAIN EASTERN EUROPE LEADERS 3: PRAGUE SPRING In spring 1968 Czechoslovakia looked set to melt the freeze in Eastern Europe when the liberal Communist Alexander Dubcek took power. But the brief period of liberalization he implemented came to an end when the Soviets sent in tanks to impose a hardline regime. CHRONOLOGY .. NEWSFLASH ...