Hungary crisis

Question 1

pro Gomulka protest develops into a riot, Avo secret police hq raided and leaders killed

Answer 1

23rd oct 1956

Question 2

Nagy made leader to appease

Answer 2

24th oct

Question 3

Nagy announces plans to leave Warsaw pact, disband secret police, free speech, freedom of press

Answer 3

4th nov

Question 4

Red army invade,

Answer 4

15 divisions, 4000 tanks
5th nov

Question 5

soviets claim Budapest capital –

Answer 5

11th nov

Question 6

Nagy excecuted

Answer 6

16 June 1958,

Question 7

Brutality –

Answer 7

up to 3000 Hungarians killed, 700 soviet troops killed, presents Ussr as violent, over 200000 Hungarian refugees go to USA, clear ideology al loss

Question 8

Sino soviet

Answer 8

Khrushchev’s position secured – Grows closer to Mao, clear political threat, us secretary Allan Dulles – more dangerous then Lenin and Stalin

Question 9

Berlin Ultimatum

Answer 9

November 10th 1958

-Khrushchev delivered a speech in which he demanded that the Western powers of the United States, Great Britain and France pull their forces out of West Berlin within six months.

Allied powers reject it

But usa willing to make concessions – splits in nato

Leads to berlin wall august 13th 1961

Question 10

TREATY OF Rome

Answer 10

25th March 1957 – economic European community [EEC] , aims for common trade market in 12 years

Question 11

EFTA

Answer 11

Brittan form European free trade association [EFTA] , for larger free trade zones

Question 12

French splits

Answer 12

France oppose USA – 1963 do not allow west berlin to join EEC, 1965 aim to crash currency, 1966 they leave nato