Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Hungarian Rising
- Stalin dies (1953)
- Khrushchev in power
- Rakosi is too much like Stalin - too hard-line
- Nagy is put in Rakosi's place (a nicer guy)
- Rakosi seized power again (1955)
- Hungarians don't like this (standards) = REBELLION
- Street fighting for 5 days
- Stalin's statue pulled down and
dragged through streets and
rebel prisoners released
- Rakosi must resign
- Soviet tanks moved in
- Nagy Prime Minister
- Soviets withdraw their tanks
- Nagy suggests removal from
Warsaw Pact and becoming
neutral in the Cold War
- Soviet troops re-enter
November 1st
- Took control of the radio stations so the
Hungarian rebels couldn't organise
themselves to fight
- Soviets won
- Set up a new pro-Soviet government under Kadar
- Nagy shot
- Hungarians firmly under Soviet control