Hungarian Uprising and Berlin Wall

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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