A Soviet armored car disintegrates and bursts into flames as a result of the Hungarian uprising, and the bodies of blown-up Soviet soldiers lie in the streets of Budapest. Soviet troops invaded to crush an uprising by Hungarian citizens. The Soviet troops faced frantic Molotov cocktails and small arms fire by Hungarian citizens. When the Soviets attacked with lightning, the Hungarian citizens fled to alleys where armored vehicles could not follow. A large number of weapons on the Hungarian civilian side were supplied by the Hungarian army, which supported the rebels. About 23 members of the secret police, disgusted by the Hungarian citizens, were beaten or shot to death after the building was attacked. The bodies of the secret police were scattered in front of the Communist Party headquarters in Budapest. However, the brutal image of the Soviet troops in the Hungarian uprising was publicized by the world media.
In the Hungarian Revolution, Hungarian citizens rose up from the student demonstrations on October 23, 1956, and on October 28, 1956, a ceasefire was signed and the Soviet troops temporarily withdrew. They regained power for a few days from Soviet hegemony; on October 31, they declared their withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact Organization. He sought relief from the United Nations, but the Western powers remained calm, prioritizing the Suez Crisis. However, the overwhelming Soviet forces eventually re-entered Budapest on November 3, 1956 with about 60,000 people, killing more than 2,500 civilians, and about 700 Soviet soldiers were killed. The Hungarian uprising was put down. About 200,000 Hungarian citizens fled the country. The reconstituted communist government formed a communist workers' militia. Despite its eventual defeat, the Hungarian insurgency of 1956 was known as the first tear by the Iron Curtain. Today, many of the iconic photos of the Hungarian Uprising can be pinpointed to their exact locations, and the historic streets of Budapest became iconic. The Hungarian uprising, in turn, led to the consolidation of the Cold War between East and West, and it would be another 33 years before Hungary gained its independence.
What started out as a student demonstration in the capital city of Budapest quickly grew into a massive uprising against the communist regime in Hungary. Protesters on a tank in front of the Hungarian Parliament building. What began as a student demonstration in the capital quickly expanded into a massive uprising against the communist regime in Hungary. The network of Hungarian communists and secret police under Soviet rule took a particularly brutal toll.
