Hungary uprising 1956 Flashcards
Khrushchev’s……. Speech criticising Stalin & accepting that the path to Socialism
could be via democracy encouraged hopes of more freedom in Hungary
Secret
Hungary’s leader, Rakosi was brutal, with……imprisoned. Hungarians saw Poland get a new leader and more freedom after protests and hoped for the same
200,000
Living standards in Hungary were falling. Food and Fuel shortages were partly a
result of having to export food at too cheap a price under ……….
comecon
Tanks were sent in to stop protests. …. were killed. A new , more nationalist leader
was made Prime minister……….
12
Nagy
Nagy promised free elections . Then he said Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact.
Khrushchev sent in ………….troops and …… tanks to get control
200,000
6,000 tanks
One consequence was increased Soviet control. With …killed satellite states got a
clear message not to think of breaking away from the Soviets
3,000
Another consequence for the development of the Cold War is ended hopes of a
‘thaw’ Soviet actions confirmed the west’s view of……… as brutal and aggressive
communisim
The West and UN looked weak as they took no action.. Though they did take in
many refugees and condemned the Soviets. Britain took………refugees
20,000
Khrushchev freed how many prisoners and scrapped what communist institution
10,000
Protests in Poland saw…..
Black thursday 300 tanks sent in an d100 dead Gomulka came in promised Poland would stay part of Warsaw pact but more freedom
Khrushchev was under pressure to act from Communists like Mao
in China and across the other Warsaw Pact countries. He killed the Hungarian leader
Nagy it sent a message to other countries and West that Russia will use force
Hungarian uprising annoyed Soviets as West had
Soviets were angered by western meddling- encouraging the
Hungarians on Radio Free Europe.
West were embarrassed and made to look weak as Hungarian uprising 1956
Hungarians had been encouraged by Radio Free Europe to
protest, but with the Suez crisis and the unrealistic idea of
military intervention – no action was taken to help.
The United Nations was also discredited. Khrushchev was
strengthened and any hope of a thaw in the Cold War
ended.
