The Hungarian Uprising, 1956
-First major uprising by a satellite state to remove Soviet influence
-Hungarian leader 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 Janos Kadar who agreed to follow the Soviet line (stayed for 20 years)
-People questioned why US did not help
-First major uprising by a satellite state to remove Soviet influence
-Hungarian leader 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 Janos Kadar who agreed to follow the Soviet line (stayed for 20 years)
-People questioned why US did not help