Why were people in the satellite states of Hungary unhappy by 1956?
- Lack of political freedom
- Fuel shortages
- Poor harvests
Who replaced the Hungarian Prime Minister Rakosi in 1956?
Imre Nagy (Khrushchev hoped he would improve things in Hungary)
What did Nagy announce 1st November 1956?
He would withdraw Hungary form the Warsaw pact
What happened during the Hungarian uprising?
- Krushchev could not accept that Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact
- On 4th November 1956 his Soviet army invaded Hungary-1,000 tanks rolled into Budapest
- Nagy begged the West for support but none came
- up to 20,000 Hungarians were killed
- A pro-communist government was set up under Kadar
- Despite being offered safe passage out of Yugoslavia, Nagy was tried and executed
How did other countries respond to the Soviet union invasion of hungary?
Although Radio free Europe, as US-government funded radio station had been urging people of Eastern Europe to rebel against communism, no military support was offered by the USA. The USA was not prepared to interfere in the affairs of an existing communist country
what was the impact of the Hungarian uprising on international relations?
- Khrushchev’s position in the Soviet Union was more secure
- Warsaw Pact members now knew they had to do what the USSR
- Khrushchev was more confident dealing with the USA as he knew they would probably not take military action
- The West looked bad-they had not offered military support to Hungary
- Relations between the USA and USSR got worse again as the USA condemned the Soviet Union invasion of Hungary
What year was the Hungarian uprising?
1956
