Krushechev’s Repsonse To The Uprising

Question 1

Key figures
Who is Imre Nagy ?
Who is Krushchev?

Answer 1

Nagy is the prime minister of Hungary
Krushchev is the soviet leader

Question 2

What was Krushchev anxious of ?

Answer 2

Being seen as weak by other members of the Warsaw pact
Mao Zedong, leader of china, urged him to stand firm against Hungary

Question 3

What does Krushchev do and when ?

Answer 3

When: 4 November
What: he decided Nagy has gone to far and 200,000 soviet troops and 6,000 tanks returned to Hungary

Question 4

What were some of the reasons for Krushchevs invasion of Hungary ?

Answer 4

1. Set an example to the rest of Eastern Europe
2. USA and UN distracted by the Suez Crisis
3. Pressure from Mao to protect communism from the west
4. Enforce his authority on the Soviet Union

Question 5

What were other western nations distracted with at the time of the invasion of Hungary ?

Answer 5

The Suez crisis
Britain, France and the US where all preoccupied trying to figure out how to resolve the issue