Reactions of Czechoslovakia to the Hungarian Uprising 1956
Reactions of Czechoslovakia to the Hungarian Uprising 1956

Summary/Abstract: The present study sums up the overall reaction of the Czechoslovak Communist Party establishment on the Hungarian uprising in 1956. As we can see from the sources, the Czechoslovak political elites pursued to prevent any kind of “harmful ideological infiltration” from Hungary by immediate and intensive military manoeuvres. As we look at the depth of the events: at the aims, strategy, and extent of the reactions on the side of the Czechoslovak political leadership, we can discover that Czechoslovakia regarded the situation so grave that it not only mobilised heavy forces (including State Police, State Security, Peoples Militia and military forces units) but it would have been ready to move in to Hungary if there had been such a need.

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