The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government of Hungary and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from October 23 until November 10, 1956. It began as a student demonstration which attracted thousands as it marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building. A student delegation entering the radio building in an attempt to broadcast their demands was detained. When the delegation's release was demanded by the demonstrators outside, they were fired upon by the State Security Police (ÁVH) from within the building. The news spread quickly and disorder and violence erupted throughout the capital.

 The revolt spread quickly across Hungary, and the government fell. Thousands organized into militias, battling the State Security Police (ÁVH) and Soviet troops. Pro-Soviet communists and ÁVH members were often executed or imprisoned, as former prisoners were released and armed. Impromptu councils wrested municipal control from the communist party, and demanded political changes. The new government formally disbanded the ÁVH, declared its intention to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact and pledged to re-establish free elections. By the end of October, fighting had almost stopped and a sense of normality began to return.

 After announcing a willingness to negotiate a withdrawal of Soviet forces, the Politburo changed its mind and moved to crush the revolution. On November 4, a large Soviet force invaded Budapest, killing thousands of civilians. Organized resistance ceased by November 10, and mass arrests began. An estimated 200,000 Hungarians fled as refugees. By January 1957, the new Soviet-installed government had suppressed all public opposition. These Soviet actions alienated many Western Marxists, yet strengthened Soviet control over Central Europe, cultivating the perception that communism was both irreversible and monolithic.

 Public discussion about this revolution was suppressed in Hungary for over 30 years, but since the thaw of the 1980s it has been a subject of intense study and debate. At the inauguration of the Third Hungarian Republic in 1989, October 23 was declared a national holiday.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956

Some pics from the Revolution

Hungarin Brothers destroyed the statue of Stalin


Hungarian Heroes captured commies tank


Brave Hungarian Kids also fought with red invaders


It was written "Russians Go Home!" on the wall


Pal Maleter, Head of Hungarian Revolutionaries


Attack against red scums


Russkies were escaping


The Hungarian heroes of 1956 Reovlution were our Turanian martyrs. They died like heroes. Their last words against Russkie and Communist invader: NEM(NO)! NEM(NO)! SUHA(NEVER)!  Eskunzuk, eskunzuk hogy tovabb nem leszunk! (We swear, We swear, We will never slave anymore)

TTK

Török testvéreink! Köszönjük, hogy gondoltok ránk és emlékeztek ránk, amikor mindenki cserbenhagyott minket. Sarolt

 Szia Sarolt,

 Isten hozott Magyar bajtárs

 Nem ! Nem ! Suha ! Eskunzuk, Eskunzuk hogy tovabb nem leszunk !

 TTK

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was similarly characterized in the West as the revolt of an oppressed people against a system they had never wanted or liked.

It should therefore have been offered material support by that same West, if it actually believed this was a good thing.

It never came, very little was given, beyond misleading radio broadcasts, lip service, because neither side wanted nuclear war to break out. However the successful uprising was soon crushed, despite this threat, when the West’s bluff was called.

When Britain and France intervened in Suez in 1956 at the same point the fighting stopped in Hungary, what was to stop the Warsaw Pact forces intervening in Hungary?

The West was happy to denounce this as typical of the enemy, but could hardly complain about the principle when they were doing the same thing in Egypt, which they would never be allowed to do back home.

If the world is as split in two between the East and the West as we were told back in the days of Cold War or there is no real difference between the two, except for the willingness of one side to act upon what was said and the unwillingness of the other to admit its hypocrisy?

KAYNAK :VETERANS TODAY