Post World War II: Hungarian´s Goal to Achieve Freedom from the Communists

The competition and increasing awareness on democratic rights did force the Soviets to stand back and make some major policy changes in 1980s. The Soviet Premier of the time Gorbachev tried to set some political and social reforms in the soviet society in order to ease the pressure and help Soviets to continue to survive in the international arena. Moreover, the Soviets did not only make shifts in their internal policies but also in their foreign policy understanding as well. For instance withdrawal from Afghanistan, signing of various nuclear deterrence agreements with multi parties including the US are some of the key changes that occurred in the 1980s. However, the reforms of Gorbachev did not prevent the Soviets to stop its collapse and eventually after a series of events in 1991 the Soviet Union formally announced its dissolution[7].

First, the Hungarian police made every Jewish family hand over their gold, jewelry, and any other valuables. If they refused to cooperate and didn't hand over their valuables they would've faced death. The Jews were then given restrictions on where they could go and what they could do. They no longer had the right to go to cafés and restaurants, to travel by the rail, to attend synagogue, and couldn't be on the streets after 6 o'clock at night. Along with all the restrictions, Jews were forced to wear the yellow star everywhere they went. By the Jewish people giving up their belongings and allowing the restrictions they showed self-deception. For example, some Jews felt that wearing the yellow star wasn't a huge deal because it wasn't hurting anyone and it wasn't lethal. They believed everything was still going to be okay because nothing too serious had happened yet and things were still going to get better.

Later, in the fall of 1989, civilians started chipping away at the wall. The growing desire for personal rights, democratic government, and a better way of life lead to the break up of the Eastern bloc. Citizens were tired of oppression, hunger, censorship, and in essence, life itself being a hardship. Protestors gathered and a peaceful revolution had started to tear down the wall. By the beginning of 1990, the wall was decimated with a few watch towers standing as memorials to the fallen that tried to escape to freedom in the West. In December of 1991, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc officially broke apart, breaking up into fifteen sovereign countries. This was the end of the biggest communist country in the world, end to the Cold War, and containment policies. The former Soviet Union is now known as Russia.

starting of The War to End All Wars. The militaristic policies that were employed by the leaders

Which country did NOT become politically controlled by the Soviet Union after World War II? *Yugoslavia*

The cold war made a significant change to Eastern Europe. After WWII the Soviet Union wanted to spread their ideologies of communism and in order for them to do that, they

The Soviet Union ran this portion of Germany with an iron fist; they built ginormous walls to keep their citizens from going into other countries territories. People of Hungary were trying to escape from the communist leader’s rule. A British political cartoon references what was happening in Hungary by showing Hitler’s dead body and a solider with the sickle and hammer emblem on his helmet, representing the Soviet Union (Document G). With all the people fleeing and fearing their lives, the United Nations did nothing but stand by and let it happen. This was showing that the only help the United States gave these people after the terror of WWII was to be under the rule of a ruthless communist party. Although this was one of the first ways the United States and United Nations gave more land to Communism, it was not the last by a long

Some changes to Europe include the Hungary attack. The Soviet troops were ordered to attack Hungary. As a result to this, a new Hungarian Revolutionary government was formed to protect the hungarian people, and provide them aid in the form of soldiers and firearms. There was also a wall built to separate west and east Berlin.

By summer, the revolution 's momentum began to decline. The Austrians ordered the Hungarian diet to dissolve, but the order went unheeded. In September Jelacic led an army into Hungary. A committee of national defense under Kossuth took control, authorized the establishment of a Hungarian army, and issued paper money to fund it. In October 1848, imperial troops entered Vienna and stifled a workers ' rebellion, effectively ending the revolution

World War II was a tremendously impactful war which was fought during the forties. It had many turning points and great changes that turned not only the United States but the world. One of the first events that occurred was the rise of Communism. With the rise of communism it caused panic in the country of the United States. The panic was inevitable because anyone could be suspected of being a communist. Also, with communism rapidly spreading in Europe it was hard for the United States to stay in a state of isolationism. Therefore, a key factor of the United States abandoning isolationism and joining the war was the incidence of Pearl Harbor. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was sent by Japan. As a result, the United States declared war on Japan and World War II started. After the war, the impact continued. After World War II, the Cold War began; which was a start to a race in technology, space, and power. The Cold War lasted several decades and was a reaction to World War II.

Before World War II, Soviet troops occupied most of Eastern Europe. Stalin promised to hold “free elections” in these Eastern European nations. Later he broke that promise. By 1948, Communists controlled the governments of every Eastern country except Yugoslavia. In each country the Soviets placed dictators.

Although the 1956 Hungarian Revolution only lasted for a short period, there are many who believe that this revolution was the first step in decreasing the Soviet Union’s control over the Hungarian government. Despite the lack of an immediate change, the 1956 Hungarian Revolution had a major long-term effect by mobilizing the Hungarian civil society for future conflicts that took place between the Hungarians and the Soviet government. Towards the end of the Second World War the Soviet army came and occupied Hungary, and remained there until 1991. From the end of World War Two until the Cold War ended in 1991 the relationship between Hungary and the Soviet Union was characterized by the Soviet intervention in the domestic politics of Hungary.

relations with the West in the form of the Marshall plan nor the lack of

Sometimes these decisions were not for the well being of other nations that depended on the Soviet Union for support. Nations like Hungary, Bulgaria, and Poland were under Soviet control, but were officially still independent nations.

The citizens of Czechoslovakia had not known freedom in decades. During much of World War II the nation was occupied by the Nazis and later by the Red Army as it drove the Nazis back to Berlin. When they Red Army moved into an area, communist regimes were set up to govern the area, and establish satellite nations. There were numerous uprisings throughout the decade that were violently suppressed by the communist governments with help from the USSR. After Alexander Dubcek tried to grant reforms to the people of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the USSR and most members of the Warsaw Pact sent their military forces to intervene and suppress any unrest or reforms. Things grew somewhat violent and brutal, as any demonstrators were either or beaten,