The Warsaw Pact Flashcards
What did the Warsaw Pact do?
It consolidated the political and economic relationship between the USSR and its satellite states
When was the Warsaw Pact?
14th May, 1955
Name three Warsaw Pact member
Hungary, Poland, USSR
How did the Warsaw Pact support the Soviets?
Legitimised its influence in Eastern Europe
When was the secret speech and who said it?
25th February, 1956 + Khrushchev
Who was the non-communist leader of Hungary in 1956 and what happened to him?
Imre Nagy, who got executed two years later after the Hungary Uprising in 1956
Describe the hungry uprising
- country wanted to leave the Warsaw Pact
- Khrushchev sent in troops
- Peaceful co-existence compromised by the uprising
Who became the leader of the Polish United workers party in 1956.
Gomullca
Why did the Soviets not use force against the Polish uprising?
They were afraid of China interfering and attacking the Soviets
Describe the uprising in Poland
- wanted to leave the Warsaw Pact
- country demanded more political freedom
- anti-Communist armed uprising
- USSR did not send in troops
In which three countries did uprisings occur after the secret speech?
Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia
