How did the communists take power in Czechoslovakia in 1948?
The communists take power
Únorový převrat
25 February 1948. In February 1948 the Communist Party, already the largest party in government, used a government crisis, the police and workers' militias to take full power.
Where: Czechia
What happened
In February 1948 the Communist Party, already the largest party in government, used a government crisis, the police and workers' militias to take full power. Forty-one years of one-party rule followed. The early 1950s brought show trials; the politician Milada Horáková was executed in 1950 after one of them.
Say it
V únoru 1948 převzali moc komunisté.
In February 1948 the communists took power.