The Hungarian Uprising, 1956
- First major uprising by Satellite state
-Hungary wanted to go Democratic - So Hungary pulls out of Warsaw Pact - Soviet roll in tanks -Soviets end up put the uprising down with the Warsaw pact - 30,000 Hungarians killed - 200,000 fled the country - A good opportunity for the USA to step in and help -The Americans didn’t help because they were all about containment over gaining more followers -Imre Nagy – was put into power by Stalin but he wanted pull out of Communism -The soviets put in a new “leader” |
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Many blamed the USA for not helping the Hungarians during this uprising. However, if they had helped, a nuclear war might have started.
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