Hungarian uprising
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- Created on: 07-01-14 07:36
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- Hungarian uprising
- 1956
- A Communist government was set is Hungary with the support of the USSR and Rakosi and his secret police.
- People began to protests because of the poor living condition that the Soviet policies caused.
- EVENTS:
- Stalin's statue was brought down and Rakosi forced troops to move into Budapest.
- Once Nagy became priminster, Soviet troops withdrew. He wanted reform.
- Free elections, no secret police, no Soviet troopds
- Free election could mean the end of Communism in Hunary
- If Hungary left, it would create a gap in the Iron curtain and destroy the Ibuffer zone.
- Free election could mean the end of Communism in Hunary
- Free elections, no secret police, no Soviet troopds
- This worried Khrushchev when Nagy wanted to remove Hungary from the Warsaw pact and be neutral in the cold war
- 1000 tanks and soviet troops moved into hungary and crushed the uprising. Although Nagy appealed to the West, no help was given
- Nagy was captured and shot.
- RESULTS:
- BETWEEN 2,500 AND 35,000 HUNGARIANS KILLED WITH 700 TROPS
- Over 200,00 fled
- Highlighted failureof peaceful co-existence.
- No support from the West.
- A new government was set up and it was communists
- A warning to other EE countries abut what USSR is capable of.
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