Czechoslovaks

These two events are major milestones for 15 million people who were collectively known as Czechoslovaks until 16 years ago, when their country split in what quickly became known -- especially among Czechs -- as the Velvet Divorce.

A Tale of Two Peoples Rick Zedník 2008

So too, we recall the Czechoslovaks 'epic struggle, the uprising in

SANTA CLARA RALLY 1973

Before which those Czechoslovaks were nationalist Austro-Hungarians, speaking Austro-Hungarian etc.

Matthew Yglesias » Means and Ends 2010

The invasion was followed by a burst of emigration to Western countries, 300,000 Czechoslovaks in all.

Prague Spring « Skid Roche 2008

The invasion was followed by a burst of emigration to Western countries, 300,000 Czechoslovaks in all.

Prague Spring « Skid Roche 2008

But there is one important difference: The Czechoslovaks made the sad but understandable decision not to fight when the rest of the world abandoned them.

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

The English team, of course, progressed famously, but the Czechoslovaks also blitzed through the early rounds.

Once upon a life: Toby Litt 2010

Downing Street papers show that Havers told Thatcher that "he was sure that Mr Stonehouse had been a spy for the Czechoslovaks but he had no evidence which he could put before the jury".

Margaret Thatcher in cover-up after Czech spy exposed John Stonehouse 2010

And they had made it to the front, by rail across Austria and Bavaria, with the full sanction of the fellow Catholic régimes of Schuschnigg and Ehrhardt - as expected, the Czechoslovaks had bluntly refused to allow any aid to Poland to pass over their territory.

Archive 2010-01-01 Johnny Pez 2010

And they had made it to the front, by rail across Austria and Bavaria, with the full sanction of the fellow Catholic régimes of Schuschnigg and Ehrhardt - as expected, the Czechoslovaks had bluntly refused to allow any aid to Poland to pass over their territory.

DBTL 19A: Testvér a Testvérért Johnny Pez 2010