What was the significance of the Hungarian Uprising, 1956? · What was the impact of the Hungarian...

WhatwasthesignificanceoftheHungarianUprising,1956?

July1956Stalinistprimeminister,Rakosi,fallsfrompower

October1956InBudapest,protestsagainstcommunistruleturntoriots- Lackofpoliticalfreedom- Fuelshortages- Badharvests

24October1956KhrushchevagreesNagycannowbeprimeminister

28October1956SoviettroopswithdrawfromBudapest- Promisesoffreeelections- Promisesoffreedomofspeech

3November1956NagyannouncesHungaryisleavingtheWarsawPact

4November1956Soviettroopsreturn,afterabloodystreetbattle,Sovietsregaincontrol

Believedthatwithinacommunistregimethereshouldstillbepersonalfreedoms

KhrushchevhopedappointingNagywouldendtheriots

VeryproStalin,believedincontrollingthefreedomsofthepeople

Hisactionsasleaderledtotheriotsandprotests

Withindaysofhisappointment,Nagyintroducedaseriesofreforms:

• Reorganisedthegovernmenttoincludenoncommunistmembers• EndedtheonepartystateinHungary• Immediatereleaseofpoliticalprisoners• PersuadedKhrushchevtoremoveSoviettroopsfromHungary

Rakosi Nagy

WhatisEisenhower(USA)thinkingaboutallofthis?

1November1956:

NagyannouncedHungarywouldleavetheWarsawPact.

Khrushchevcouldnotallowthis– WHY?(ThinkaboutBrexiteffect)IfHungarybrokeaway,othersmightfollowtoowhichwouldunderminecommunismaswellasthebufferzoneofprosovietgovernmentssurroundingandprotectingSovietUnion.

Khrushchevorderedon4th November:

• 1000tanksintoBudapest• Nagysupportersputupanalmightyfight,

leadingtotheterm‘HungarianUprising’.• NagybeggedforWesternsupport,butnone

came.• Sovietsactedbrutallykillingupto20,000

Hungarians• Anewpro-Sovietgovernmentwassetupwith

Kadar asitsleaderWhydoyouthinktheWest

didnothelp?

RadioFreeEurope– aUSfundedradiostationhadregularlybroadcastmessagesencouragingthepeopleofEasternEuropetoriseupagainsttheircommunistregime.Asaresult,thepeopleofHungaryandNagy,assumedthattheUSwouldsupporttheiruprisingastheyhadofferedMarshallAid,whynotmilitarysupport?

Wearepreparedtooffermilitarysupporttostopthespreadofcommunism,butnottoanysucheventshappeningwithinalreadycommunistsatellitestates.Theoutcomeofthat,beingNuclearwar,webelievewouldbeworsethanleavingtheHungarianrebelsto

fighttheSovietsalone.

NATOnationswilltakeinHungarianrefugees,butthatisasfaraswe’llgo.

DoyouagreewithEisenhower?

WhatwastheimpactoftheHungarianUprisingoninternationalrelations?

• TheHungarianUprisingmadeKhrushchev'spositionmoresecureandgavehimastrongerpositionintheWarsawPact,membersmustobeyMoscow’sordersandwishes

• WarsawPactmembersknewtheywouldreceivenoWesternsupportinanuprising• KhrushchevbecamemoreconfidentinhisdealingswiththeWestandUSAasheknew

theywereunwillingtoengageinmilitaryaction• TheHungarianuprisingmadetheWestlookbad,theyhadencouragedtheseuprisings

butthendidn'thelp,or“backuptheirwords”makingthemlookweak• TheUSAdidhoweverSTRONGLYopposetheSovietinvasionofHungaryandasaresult,

anystrengtheningrelationsbetweenUSAandSovietUnionhaddisappearedoncemore

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