Today in 1956 Soviet troops poured into the capital city of Hungary ,Budapest, in a massive dawn offensive in response to a national uprising led by Prime Minister Imre Nagy. Encouraged by an apparent promise of help, Nagy appealed to the UN and Western governments for protection. But with the Suez crisis in full swing and no real appetite for fighting the USSR over a crisis in Eastern Europe, the West did not respond.Some 30,000 people were killed in Budapest alone and about 200,000 Hungarians sought political asylum in the West.
The cold war was no where near thawing out.
