Hungarian Crisis

Question 1

What were the causes of the Hungarian Crisis?

Answer 1

• Rakosi (Bald Butcher); killed 2000 people
• October 1956; riots in Budapest and Stalin’s statue is taken down
• Nagy became PM; Made big reforms
• Khrushchev initially accepeted the reforms but then asked him to leave the Warsaw Pact

Question 2

What were the events of the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 2

• 1000 Soviet Tanks
• 2000 Hungarians killed
• 20,000 Wounded
• 200,000 Fled to Austria
• 80,000 Fled to USA
• USA sent $20M in aid

Question 3

What were the consequences of the Hungary Crisis?

Answer 3

• Nagy arrested and taken to be excuted in Moscow
• Replaced by a strict leader; Janos Kadar
• Condemned by the USA and UN
• 1956 Olympics in Melbourne boycotted by Spain, Netherlands and Sweden