HIS 1000C Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Warsaw Pact, Red Army, Marshall Plan
10 Apr 2018
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In 1956, a revolution began in hungary. Nagy, a true nationalist, allowed multiple parties to run for office, got rid of soviet troops, and withdrew hungary from the warsaw pact. In response, the soviet union (now led by nikita khrushchev) sent in troops and tanks. Thousands of hungarians died, and the soviet union prevailed. When khrushchev takes over, after stalin dies in 1953. He gives this image that he is going to be a much more reasonable leader. Khrushchev announces to the world that the block nations (members of the warsaw pact) can get a freedom as long as they remain loyal to communism. In hungary, the nagy is going to listen to this and he is going to grant the hungarian people some freedom. E(cid:448)e(cid:374)tuall(cid:455) nag(cid:455) a(cid:374)d pola(cid:374)d"s leader start to allo(cid:449) people to for(cid:373) differe(cid:374)t politi(cid:272)al parties that are not communist parties. People are allowed to start practising their religion. At this point, khrushchev issues a warning.
