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Flashcards by Konrad O'Neill, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Konrad O'Neill
almost 11 years ago
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| Soviet Union invaded Hungary 9/44 as it drove Nazis back to Germany Soviet troops occupied Hungary post 9/44 even though Allied Control Comisson was set up | formed a coalition which contaned members of the Hungarian Communist Party Laszlo Rajk was in charge of security police and in 2/47 he arrested some leaders of SP and NPP |
| elections held 11/45 and Smallholder's party (SP) won over 57% of the vote Head of occupying Soviet forces, Voroshilov, refused to allow SP to be government | Next election communist party the largest Rakosi emerged from party to lead Hungary Rakosi used force to keep control, he killed 200o in the purges and imprisoned 200,000 political oponents |
| Religion attacked and Cardinal Mindszenty jailed for life economy controlled through Comecon | Living standards began to fall in 52 and experienced its lowest agricultural output ever When Stalin died his successot Malenkov didn't favour Rakosi and so replaced him with Imre Nagy |
| Khrushchev (K) sent troops and tank to Budapest after demonstartions had began in 10/56 to try to rstore peace 25th October tanks opened fire killing 12 and injuring more than a hundred | Gero was forced to resign and Kadar took over as temporary PM Nagy released 30 prisoners including Cardinal Mindszenty Next day his propsed reforms published, most contreversial being the withdrawl from the Warsaw Pact |
| Nagy asked UN to consider Hungary's situation Political parties under Rakosi re-established | K didnt want to be seen as weak by other members of Warsaw Pact Mao Zedong, china's leader, urged him to stand firm against any deviations from Communism |
| 4/11/56 k sent 200,00 troops and 6000 tanks to Hungary Ceasefire agreed on the 10th but there was still spordic fighting until middle of 57 | World's attention drawn away by events in the East Nagy had been hiding in Yugoslavian embassy. Kadar offered him safe passage but broke his word and sent him to Romania were he was shot |
| 7000 Soviet troops dead 20,000 rebels dead K able to keep control as new Soviet backed leader was installed, Kadar Hungarians were able to flee during uprising USSR maintained empire and sent warnings to other Soviet states that there'd be no toleration for deviation | Poland&Hungary made slow reforms after 56 but were still under firm Soviet control West saw K's recent message of peace as a sham |
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