Crisis of the Cold War 1955-70

Hungary 1956

• Series of events
  • Opposition to Rakosi
  • Rakosi not supported by Moscow
  • Rakosi removed
  • Erno Gero is new leader
  • Rebellion
  • Soviet tanks move in and then withdraw
  • Imre Nagy forms new government
  • Nagy's plans
  • Khrushchev sends in troops
  • Two weeks of fierce street fighting
  • Nagy imprisones and executed
  • Kadar becomes Prime Minister
• Events which suggest a strong soviet government
  • Still had control
  • Khrushchev shows aggression towards any opposition
  • Still have control over government
• Events which suggest weak Soviet control
  • Suggests unpopularity of Soviet control
  • Not much harmony between the Soviet governments
  • Because Rakosi was removed, this showed sucessful opposition to communism
  • Soviet tanks withdrew indicating an inability to suppress violent rebellion
  • Nagy's plans involved breaking away from the Warsaw Pact, and this shows that…