Prague Invasion 1968 Josef Koudelka Heibonsha/2004/japanese/250*320*23 Prague Invasion 1968 / Prague Invasion 1968" is a collection of photographs by Josef Kudelka, a leading Czech photographer. This photojournalist continues to receive compliments from many photographers around the world. Kudelka's photographs document the 1968 invasion of the Czech Republic by the military intervention of the Soviet Union-led Warsaw Pact forces. When the Prague Spring movement came to an end, and the country's policy of normalization meant that the publication of his photographs would mean death, he secretly took them out of the country through an acquaintance. In 1974, Erwitt recommended that Kudelka become a member of Magnum, and in 1984, Kudelka became a member of Magnum. In 1984, he became the first to publicly identify these photographs as his own work.