Women protest
The women’s silent protest takes place in Budapest with smaller protests in the countryside
The women’s silent protest takes place in Budapest with smaller protests in the countryside
Nagy and his group, who had taken refuge in the Yugoslav Embassy, depart on a bus following written assurances by Kádár for safe passage to Yugoslavia. The bus is still…
The Soviets claim victory in suppressing the revolution. Approximately 200,000 Hungarians leave for the West, of whom over 180,000 do not return.
The Kádár Government is sworn in.
At 4:15 in the morning, Operation Whirlwind is launched with the explicit intent of crushing the revolution. Shortly after 5 AM a radio broadcast is aired with Kádár announcing the…
The Third Nagy Government is formed with the participation of all postwar democratic coalition parties. Communists now comprise a minority in this government. Owing to Yugoslav pressure, Kádár is selected…
Khrushchev conducts negotiations with the other communist countries in regards to Hungary, especially Yugoslavia, which while communist, is not part of the Warsaw Pact. Kádár and Münnich hold talks with…
Nagy begins receiving reports of Soviet units entering the country. He also announces that Hungary is leaving the Warsaw Pact and that Hungary is neutral. Nagy also asks the United…
General Béla Király, a political prisoner who had just been recently released, is chosen to lead the National Guard by the Revolutionary Defense Committee. That afternoon, Nagy announces that negotiations…
An armed mob lays siege to the Budapest Communist Party Headquarters at Köztársaság Square (Today Pope John Paul II Square). In the ensuing chaos a military unit dispatched to quell…