70th Anniversary Hungarian Revolution

70th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Why Did the Soviet Government Hate Hungary?

To understand why Hungarians rose up against Soviet control in 1956, we have to go back to World War II—and even further, to World War I. Hungary had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which fought alongside Germany during World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary were allies, and their soldiers fought on the same side.Continue reading “70th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Why Did the Soviet Government Hate Hungary?”