Hungary · Politics / SWP. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The west does not intervene due to the Suez crisis at the same time. Soviet tanks supporting Kadar return to Budapest & shell insurgents. Soviet tanks shell Budapest, 200,000 escape to the west which is preoccupied with Suez
Decides democratization has gone too far
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