The Hungarian Uprising, 1956
*First major uprising by a satellite state to remove Soviet influence
*Hungarian leaser Imre Nagy announced he was pulling out of the Warsaw Pact
*Soviets entered the capital. Budapest with tanks and armed forces
*30,000 Hungarians killed, 200,000 fled the country for the west
*Soviets installed a new leader Jano Kadar who agreed to follow the Soviet line (Stayed for 20 years)
*Janos Kadar = Puppet
*People questioned why US did not help
*Americans determined that it would start another nuclear war that they did not want to risk
*Hungarian leaser Imre Nagy announced he was pulling out of the Warsaw Pact
*Soviets entered the capital. Budapest with tanks and armed forces
*30,000 Hungarians killed, 200,000 fled the country for the west
*Soviets installed a new leader Jano Kadar who agreed to follow the Soviet line (Stayed for 20 years)
*Janos Kadar = Puppet
*People questioned why US did not help
*Americans determined that it would start another nuclear war that they did not want to risk
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Summary
The Hungarian uprising was the first done by a major satellite state. They announced they were pulling our of he warsaw pact. This however was not accepted well by the Soviets who brought tanks and military means in right away.