Hungarian uprising

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The Hungarian Uprising of 1956

The Situation in Hungary since the end of WWII

Matyas Rakoski has been leading soviet controlled hungary since 1945. Most Hungarians were anticommunist and hated the ideas apposed on them these were:

The refusal to allow freedom of speech and religion.

The fact that food and industrial supplies were shipped back to USSR

They hated having to pay the costs of the Soviets troops being based in their country.

Anti communist Hungarians act against Rakosi

In 1956 a group of anticommunist students , soldiers and workers challenged Rakoski by attacking the secret police and soviet soldiers. Kremlin (soviet government) tried to keep hungary in order by replacing Rakoski with Imre Naggy.

The actions of new leader Imre Naggy.

He altered communist regulations to keep the hungarian public onside. he gave farmers more ownership of their land and for local councils to have involvement in running affairs at local events.

He asked USSR leader Nita kruschev to move Soviet troops out of Hungary

Kruschev agreed on october 28th 1956 , the Soviet army withdrew.

The days that followed Hungary seemed free as naggys government introduced democracy, freedom of speech and religion.

Naggys key demand made to kruschev and the consequence

Naggy wanted to leave the Warsaw pact ( made by soviets as a counter balance to nato that most countries were involved in .it meant that certain countries would help if one of the countries in the organisation was attacked) but Kruschev refused this

On November 196 Krushev ordered Soviet troops to advance back into Hungary (Budapest) over the next 2 weeks fighting followed in which the Hungarian people ( Men, Women, Children) fought sioviets to try stop the reintroducing radical communist ideas into their country.

Naggy was arrested and excecuted

Kruschev introduced Janas Kadar to replace Nagy. He had 35,000 anti communist activists arrested and disbanded hungarys army

He also ordered 2 additional military divisions to strengthen hungary

How events in Hungary affected relations between USA and USSR.

The USA and allies NATO had not sent troops to Hungarian rebels because....

The UK and France had invaded Egypt to try recapture a trade route called suez canal. so UK weren't in a posit to intervene with hungary.

Hungary was so close (geographically) to the USR meant that USA would had o send troops through soviet controlled land which may have caused a full scale war. Not worth the risk.

Instead they responded with angry speeches and tv broadcasts however this may of suggested to the ussr that they are unprepared to launch any military response.