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" Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens." Janos Kadar
- Hungarian Uprising, 1956
- 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
Summary:
After the end of the second world war, many Soviet satalite states were created. With leaders whose purpose was to aid the Soviet Union in exchange for protection and resources, it seemed as though it was a position that many countries would not want to let go. However Hungary was disatisfied by the state of Soviet abuse that they endured while under this doctrine, so a revolt was organised to kick out the Soviet leadership. However the revolution failed and the Soviets tightened their grip on the country.
After the end of the second world war, many Soviet satalite states were created. With leaders whose purpose was to aid the Soviet Union in exchange for protection and resources, it seemed as though it was a position that many countries would not want to let go. However Hungary was disatisfied by the state of Soviet abuse that they endured while under this doctrine, so a revolt was organised to kick out the Soviet leadership. However the revolution failed and the Soviets tightened their grip on the country.