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 who questioned why US did not help
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