The Soviet Invasion of Hungary, 1956
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- Khrushchev disapproved of Nagy's reforms, Soviet troops invaded Hungary in 1956, provoked a strong reaction in the West and in neutral countries condemning invasion
- The Soviet Invasion of Hungary, 1956
- The Invasion
- If Hungary left the Warsaw Pact, others would soon follow
- Khrushchev worried that Nagy's actions threatened communist rule
- Claimed communists were being slaughtered in Hungary (may have been propaganda), but a number of Hungarian communists had been killed and members of state security forces, the AVH, attacked in the violence of Oct 1956 in Budapest and other Hungarian towns and cities
- Khrushchev feared the unrest would spread to other satellite states
- The Consequences of the Soviet invasion of Hungary
- Over 5000 Hungarians and around 1000 Soviet troops were killed, soldiers loyal to Nagy fought against Soviet troops
- Nagy and his government were disposed
- Nagy was arrested, tried and executed. Khrushchev wanted to prevent rebellions and hoped he could do so by making an example of Nagy
- New leader, Janos Kadar, appointed, he introduced the Fifteen Point Programme (aimed to re-establish communist rule in Hungary),
- Kadar's policies were more moderate leading to Hungary having better living standards, Hungarians grudgingly accepted this form of communist rule
- International reaction and consequences
- United Nations condemned Soviet actions. Some countries boycotted the 1956 Olympics in protest
- USA supported Hungary's uprising with money, medical aid and words, accepted 80000 refugees from Hungary
- USA couldn't sent troops: would risk nuclear war
- Hungary on its own against USSR: had to give in
- Satellite states saw USA would not defend them against Soviet Union, Soviet control re-tightened across Eastern Europe
- The Invasion
- The Soviet Invasion of Hungary, 1956
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