Rebellion in Hungary was an Anticommunist uprising between October 23, 1956 and November 4, 1956 which was brutally suppressed by Soviet military intervention.
A club of dissatisfied intellectuals, the Peto Fi Club, demanded the government bring policies and practices into line with communist ideals. Later, college and university students founded the Independent Youth Organization. As the rebellious movement gained popularity, those involved had certain demands:
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The rebellion began peacefully, when those involved stormed the National Radio Complex to have their demands heard. Eventually, it escalated when fights broke out between the protestors and the Hungarian police. From this point forward, the peaceful demonstration was now a full on rebellion. On October 24, 1956, Imre Nagy was voted to be reappointed as Prime Minister. The next major demonstration was in front of the Parliament Building. The Soviets responded by opening fire with tanks. Now in office, Nagy began to appoint more anti-communist leaders to the government. His first course of action was to initiate Soviet military withdrawal from Hungary, and he was successful. Soviet troops eventually began to withdrawal. After this withdrawal, Nagy promised to negotiate Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact; however he was not successful in the endeavor. As a result of Hungary's decision to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact, Khruschev sent 200,000 Soviet Troops into Hungary. Nagy called from resistance to the Soviets, thinking that, because of the Marshall Plan, they would soon receive outside aid. He was wrong, however, and unaided the Soviets defeated the Hungarian's easily. Within a week, Hungary denounced their withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact and was back under Soviet control. Nagy was then executed, and 200,000 fled Hungary. The rebellion had failed, and Eastern Europe lost faith in Western intervention.
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