Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin jagorancinsa, a ƙarƙashin taken "Socialism tare da fuskar ɗan adam", Czechoslovakia ta ɗaga takunkumi a kan kafofin watsa labarai da kuma sassaucin al'ummar Czechoslovak, wanda ke haifar da abin da ake kira New Wave a cikin fim ɗin Czechoslovak. Koyaya, ya sami matsin lamba daga muryoyin Stalinist a cikin jam'iyyar da kuma shugabannin Soviet, waɗanda ba sa son shugabancin da ƙasar ke ɗauka kuma suna tsoron cewa Czechoslovakia na iya sassauta alaƙa da Tarayyar Soviet kuma ta zama mafi yammaci. A sakamakon haka, sauran kasashen kungiyar Warsaw Pact sun mamaye kasar
a ranar 20 zuwa 21 ga watan Agustan 1968, wanda ya kawo karshen Prague Spring. Dubček ya yi murabus a watan Afrilun 1969 kuma Gustáv Husák ya gaje shi, wanda ya fara daidaitawa. Daga nan aka kori Dubček daga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis a shekarar 1970.