Historydraftbeta HistorydraftbetaPrague, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia) Wednesday Feb 25, 1948 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
Beneš Capitulated
Prague, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia) Wednesday Feb 25, 1948 On 25 February 1948, Beneš, fearful of civil war and Soviet intervention, capitulated. He accepted the resignations of the non-Communist ministers and appointed a new government in accordance with KSČ (Communist Party of Czechoslovakia) demands.
