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Conflict Europe

Hungarian Revolution

1956 CE

Spontaneous nationwide revolt against Soviet-imposed communist rule. After briefly establishing a reformist government, the uprising was crushed by 5,000 Soviet tanks in Operation Whirlwind. 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet soldiers were killed; 200,000 Hungarians fled abroad.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Hungarian revolutionaries / Reform government (Imre Nagy)
  • Soviet Union

Key moments

Defining events in the Hungarian Revolution.

  1. Budapest, 1956 Battle of Corvin Passage
  2. 1956 Soviet siege of Budapest

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1956 CE and 1956 CE.

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