The hungarian uprising, 1956
- First major uprising by a satellite state to remove Soviet influence
- Hungarian leader Imre Nagy announced he was pulling out of the Warsaw Pact
- Soviets entered the capital, Budapest with tanks and armed forces
- 30,000 Hungarians killed, 200,000 fled the country for the west
- Soviets installed a new leader Janos Kadar who agreed to follow the Soviet line (stayed for 20 years)
- People questioned why US did not help
Hungarian uprising, when they finally realized they could shake communism. They felt that if the Hungarians pulled out of the Warsaw Pact, it would have a domino affect. They used the force of tanks and armed forces to get the Hungarians to stay in the Warsaw Pact. Many Hungarians were killed and many fled the country to America. Nagy was replaced by Janos Kadar, he was like a puppet, the Soviets told him what to do and in result he stayed for 20 years. The American did not help with the Hungarian uprising because if they stepped in, it would have to be direct contact with the Soviets and it would result in a Nuclear War. They decided not to risk the war and Hungarian stayed communist.
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