Following the death of Josef Stalin in March 1953, the member nations of the Warsaw Pact faced an existential crisis. … More
Tag: Hungarian Revolution
The first crack in the Iron Wall
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Soviet Tanks in Budapest (1956) The Hungarian Crisis was the first major threat to Soviet domination of half of Europe since the end of WWII. The Revolution began following several years of political infighting between different factions that led to the public’s grievances being ignored. Having seen some of the success that the Polish public …
