Photo Gallery The 1956 Uprising
A half century ago, Hungary took to the streets to demand democratic reforms. Instead, they got the Soviet Army. By the end of the revolution, over 3,000 people had been killed.
Hungarian protesters in 1956 with a tank captured from the Red Army.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Imre Nagy went from Communist leader to democratic folk hero during the uprising. Afterwards, he was executed by the Soviets.
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Hungarian revolutionaries take aim at members of the Communist secret police in early November, 1956.
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Demonstrators toppled a statue of Stalin in front of Budapest's National Theater.
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US President Dwight D. Eisenhower chose not to get involved in the Hungarian uprising.
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Dozens of tanks guard the entrance to a bridge over the Danube River.
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