Hungarian Revolt

In 1956, after the Polish succeeded in gaining freedoms, Hungary tried to follow in their footsteps. They felt that their current leader was too much like Stalin, so the Soviet Union forced him to resign and Imre Nagy was put into power. However, the Hungarians didn't only want more freedoms as the Polish did, they wanted absolute independence. The Soviets would not allow this, which resulted in fighting in Budapest, and Imre Nagy started to support the revolutionaries. The Hungarians asked for help from the United States, but as the U.S. policy was one of containment, not freeing countries already under communist rule, they did not provide assistance. Furthermore, the entire world's eyes were turned to the Middle east where was fighting between British and French and Egypt, which drew attention away from the Hungarian Revolt, so no help could be found. The Soviet Union sent troops to Budapest and crushed the revolution, and Imre Nagy was executed. Khrushchev acted like Stalin, a Man he condemned to be a ruler of terror.