Hungarian Uprising and Berlin Wall

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Lesson Snapshot:

  • The period 1955-68 was a time of great tension in the Cold War
  • —Hungarian Uprising succeeded in getting Nagy into power
  • This led to freedom of speech and freedom of religion
  • 1000 Russian tanks rolled into Budapest approximately killing 4000 Hungarians
  • Czechoslovakia believed that the USA would help if they challenged the Soviet Union
  • Prague Spring: the period between Dubceks taking over of power in January and the Soviet military response in August
  • Czechoslovakians resisted and stood in front of tanks, 70 civilians were killed
  • Construction of the Berlin wall

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