Hungarian uprising Flashcards
1
Q
the march by students
A
23 October 1956
2
Q
who was Rakosi replaced by ?
A
Nagy - more liberal
3
Q
when did soviet tanks leave Hungary
A
28 October 1956
4
Q
what were Nagy’s reforms
A
- free elections
- total withdraw of ussr from Hungary
Hungary to leave the Warsaw Pact and become neutral
5
Q
why doesn’t the ussr like Nagy’s reforms
A
they would weaken the Soviet bloc and USSR defences
6
Q
when do soviet troops invade
A
4 December 1956 with 600 tanks
7
Q
how many Hungarians died
A
3000
8
Q
what happened to Nagy
A
he flees and was later caught in 1958
9
Q
how did the west react to the invasion
A
- though they were sympathetic they did nothing
10
Q
Eisenhower quote
A
“I feel with the Hungarian people”
11
Q
why did America do nothing
A
- they were busy in the Suez Canal and Khrushchev threatened Britain and France with rockets if they got involved and use didn’t want direct confrontation
12
Q
what were the consequences of the Hungarian uprising
A
- 200000 refugees fled to the west
-showed that Khrushchev’s policy of peaceful co-existance and de-stalinization didn’t mean he would surrender the eastern bloc
-nagy replaced by Kadar
