Hungary Before the Revolution of 1956

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the situation in Hungary prior to the revolution of 1956

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[Asztec]

Wow, Your Hungarian pronouncing is quite good.

[pika]

Outstanding pronounciation of Hungarian names, wow! Oh and also great vid, thanks :)

[materegonyei]

As a hungarian, thanks for these great pronounciations! Great video

[laszlok]

I guess, many Hungarians will appreciate your using the Hungarian naming order.

[hgkghkhgkgh]

Little less known fact that Rákosi also a had "Maginot-line" built on the 627 km (390 miles) long Southern border against Yugoslavia.

- The Army sized were increased up to 250 000 .
- More than 4 million mines were planted on The Yugoslav border.
- A 15 km deep border zone was created from where the residents were expelled.
- More 5000 bunkers were built using: 27.415.500 bricks, 217. 064 reinforced concrete beams, 1045 reinforced concrete domes and 19 steel domes.
- This arming project took up the 25% of the GDP between 1950-1955.

By 1955 due to the political change a huge portion of these defences were abandoned and demolished.

[Joshua-yfmh]

One of my favorite things about this series, the dead pan jokes amongst the all the serious history talk.

[WombatSteve]

Great video! It is rare to see people pronouncing Hungarian names correctly, however this video nailed it! It almost sounded like an actual Hungarian was speaking.

edit: my ears managed to somehow ignore the first few seconds of the video

[laszlokiss]

My Grandfather was born in Budapest June 1944 during his birth Hungary was under an intense bombing campaign from the allied powers the hospital he was born in was actually hit on the day of his birth thankfully he survived with minor injuries as well as losing an eye due to some debris in the blast. He was 12 years old during the time of the revolution and hes often told me stories about things he saw during that time. The one I remember the most was about some local youth who had been throwing molotov cocktails at the russian tanks from abandoned buildings.

[AnthonyConstable]

Important factual correction. As a trail runner living in Budapest I must protest... The hills of Buda are not rolling. They are steep, rocky and treacherous! (But still lovely!)

[marrs]

Thank you for making so much effort to pronounce the names correctly. Very vell done! Brilliant content as always.

[listenherejack]

Should've mentioned that Hungary after the war managed to reach the highest level of inflation ever recorded, 1.3 × 10^16% per month

[kmarkkovacs]

Köszönöm szépen hogy az országomrol csináltál videót tankhsz

[oldgringo]

The 1956 Hungarian Revolution happened just before I turned six. It's pretty much the first event I can place in my own lifetime. Curiously, I didn't become aware of the Suez crisis until years afterward, even though it was occurring at the same time. I was going to school by then, and learning to hide under my desk to protect myself from Russian atom bombs.

[jwh]

The film The Silent Revolution mentions this historical event, so I came here to know more. Thanks for these 2 episodes.

[agorriazfan]

Could you guys cover the first 9 years of the PRC before the great Leap Forward?

[Esterhazy]

Thanks to our hungarian brothers for your support following the massacre in Poznan. Never forgotten.

[BijiMustardGas]

12:17 "Opress the bell button" Lmao

[Sunny]

Awaiting for the next episode. Even the background adds to the narrative with Eisenhower and Khurshchevs photo and Lenin's sculpture, set stage for start the ideological war.

[zoltangabordudas]

Wow your pronounciation of Buda and Pest is very good!!! ;-) And the rest too!!!

[poonczey]

Great episode and very good pronounciation, thank you for your work @TheColdWar