What event in February 1948 established complete totalitarian Communist dictatorship in Czechoslovakia under Klement Gottwald?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Victorious February (Víťazný február / The 1948 Communist Coup)
- Step 1: Following the resignation of democratic ministers protesting police subversion, the Communists mobilized armed worker militias and forced President Beneš to accept an all-communist cabinet. Answer: Victorious February (Víťazný február / The 1948 Communist Coup). Why not the others: The Velvet Revolution dismantled communist rule in 1989, and Operation Danube was the 1968 Soviet-led military invasion.
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