Ukraine Isn't the First Time - Russian Regime Change Hungary 1956

The war in Ukraine is not the first time Russia has attempted to regime change a neighbouring country - in 1956, Russia ruthlessly crushed a pro-democracy revolution in Hungary for many of the same reasons it has used to justify its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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[@robert4you]

My parents were among those who fled from Hungary. My father was 19 years old in 1956 and was involved in fierce fighting against the Russian army. He survived but was wanted by the communist regime. If caught, the communists would have executed him. It was impossible for him to stay in Hungary, so he and his 17 year old girlfriend (my future mother) fled via Croatia and came as quota refugees to Sweden after a few months. My father died in Sweden in February 2020, not far from Gothenburg, at the age of 83. My mother is soon 83 and still alive and well. Many thanks for this video; very appreciated, Mr Felton.

[@frankv8891]

eternal glory to all the people who raise up against the communists.

[@mikefay5698]

Well Hungary is free now no Arabs there! Bursting with human rights and they have turned the Gas back on. But no money like everywhere else. Mind you Sweden is in NATO now and cracking off with Armaments like Bofors. But watch out for Girls they all turn you in to solitary confinement like Julian Assange. Plenty gay rights but!

[@Inoffensive_name]

@Frank V The Romanian revolution was communist too buddy. It was just the correct type of communist, one that empowered the individual, as it was meant to. The USSR is authoritarian Marxism, not communism.

[@SSSS-ps9vv]

Via Croatia??? You mean Yugoslavia

[@mikefay5698]

@@Inoffensive_name The Jails are mainly made up of individuals who failed to rip you off. The Bourgeoisie are all individuals who love a good killing. Notice how Bourgeois individuals love wearing ties. But their individualism is proven by not one tie is the same hence individuals. Workers never wear ties except at funerals and weddings since they are collectives!

[@85szabolcs]

My Gramps almost died because of this. He was a forestry engineer in Somogy county; there wasn't much happening there during the revolution, but the locals despised the Soviets and communism and found a kind of a revolutionary council, electing Gramps and another man to be its leaders. Shortly after that, he had a motorcycle accident, broke almost all bones he had and nearly died. He spent a year in a hospital. This saved his life; he was not fit for trial during the post-revolution purges. The other leader was sentenced to death. He became a very staunch believer in democracy after this.

[@statesecurityserviceoflith4783]

woah, that's a cool story,

[@davidnaray8398]

@ALL THE BLESSINGS AND THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE go outside maybe, be someone that someone wants to love. Asking others for something like this will get you nowhere

[@SilenTHerO78614]

Nothing like living under the boot of communism to make you hatr commies

[@vasvas8914]

@@ohio damn commie trees!

[@robkunkel8833]

@@lornestein7248 … Kris is being funny. I know but there are many without compassion.

[@meeeka]

My mother-in-law was a ballet student in Budapest, who fought in the streets against the Sovs. Because she was so small, she used to rush the tank treads to jam things into them to make them stop so then they could be attacked with Molotov cocktails. She got out eventually through Austria, made her way to London then to Australia. She's over 85 now, afflicted with dementia but she STILL remembers that time, sometimes telling us in English what happened, sometimes she has bad dreams in very vocal Hungarian.

[@mikefay5698]

Maybe she had dementia all her life. I had a lift from a Hungarian refugee in his van going all over the road. I said "Was it rough in Hungary"? Rough for Russian he said," I am a Hungarian Freedom fighter. I captured a Tank kill 5 Russian Tanks BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM! He was thin and small maybe your Mother in Law and my Hungarian driver was telling the truth. Hungarian are FORMIDABLE!! Must be the Wine BULLS Blood "Tokay" favoured By Bwitish Woyalty! Making them so powerfull a Monarchy!

[@tttyuhbbb9823]

Poor girl!...

[@mikefay5698]

Maybe she was always demented and loved making up stories maybe it is inherited!

[@factanonverba6169]

@@mikefay5698 what a twat??

[@LostShipMate]

@@mikefay5698 Perhaps your mirror need to be checked.

[@Mr.Schmel]

As a hungarian I am proud to have my country featured in a Mark Felton video

[@RUDI-UK]

Is your hovercraft full of eels?

[@mantis10_surf85]

That is awesome! As an American whose great grand parents were from Hungary 🇭🇺, I am very proud too

[@yourstruly4817]

As an Austrian I am proud to have a Hungarian in the comment section

[@yourstruly4817]

@Leo the Anglo-Eastasian You don't say 😉

[@neinnein9306]

I am hungry also.

[@SuperPwndProductions]

Mark has been going HARD this week. Appreciate all the fine work you’ve been putting in recently, Mark!

[@andrewstewart9263]

Yeah, he must be getting paid very well by his new world order globalist masters to demonize Putin & Russia while completely ignoring the atrocities of the west & NATO over recent decades in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, & the Balkans. Putin & Russia are rank amateurs at 'regime change' & the destruction of nations compared to the US, UK & NATO war machine, who have killed millions of innocent people over the last 20 years alone, & all based on a complete pack of lies for the most part, with the 9/11 inside job & the monumental WMD lie being the most prominent lies as excuses to kill & maim millions of people, while stealing trillions of dollars from the UK & US taxpayers.

[@azovac]

@@andrewstewart9263 no one is gonna read your comment :)

[@1legomaster]

@@andrewstewart9263 Whataboutism is such a stupid strategy. No one disagrees about the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan being bad, but whatever the US and UK did over the past 20 years isn’t an excuse to justify Russia invading Ukraine. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

[@geoffrey6000]

@@azovac I did.

[@geoffrey6000]

@@1legomaster the point is, this situation is a lot less bad then what the US has done in the last decades. But that was all kept quiet and not broadcasted. The media right now is making Russia and Russians look way worse than what they are, and are making regular people openly hate on and threaten regular Russian people or immigrants.

[@freeepicgame8313]

As a Hungarian this video nearly made me cry. THANK YOU FOR YOUR JOB!

[@TheSzergejjj]

Thank you for this video, it feels like many people forgot just how recently this happened. One of the brothers of my grandpa was drafted into the state police not long before the revolution. He was forced to defend the radio station with firearms against students. At the first opportunity he got rid of his uniform and sneaked out of the city, then hitchhiked back to our home village. He is still alive today.

[@eedragonr6293]

Many in the East left the state police when they understood that the Soviets transformed it into a repression force against their ideological and political adversaries.

[@mikefay5698]

Hungary loves Russian Gas and hates refugees going to Germany since they are descended from pure Mongols and Huns!

[@gragor11]

Sounds like today's Ukrainian conscripts, 16 to 60, infirm or not shanghaied into the trenches to be slaughtered in the Russian Meat Grinder. I'm glad he survived the horrors of war to live a long life.

[@Netherlag1]

@@gragor11 what a stupid f*ckin parallel to draw. Have you not understood anything from this video? Ukraine is a sovereign nation that has been attacked. Every country on earth can and will call their citizens to defend their country in war. How is that the same as a vassal state of the USSR (Hungary), headed by Moscow, commanding their state police to crack down on a revolution that, again, USSR - headed by Moscow, doesn't tolerate? Both Hungary and Ukraine fight against the same agressor.

[@SuperMAZ007]

If you can, I would love to hear about the 1968 Spring of Prague. That was another case where the Soviet union interfered with force to take down Dubcek.

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

Oh the Russians shut that down too

[@janetturner7489]

Yes please Dr Felton!

[@poochie49]

I knew a Czech here in Canada who was in the resistance in Czechoslovakia. He had some very interesting stories to tell.

[@brick6347]

Ryszard Siwiec, who famously set himself on fire in protest of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia is burried in my local cemetery in Przemyśl... And here we are again. Thousands of refugees walk past him every day. I feel we have learned nothing.

[@Gloops01]

My late uncle fought the Germans with the Free Czechoslovak Army. Then when he returned to Czechoslovakia after the war the communists seized power, he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years hard labour for 'illegally emigrating' in 1939 (basically trumped-up charges because he was seen as a potential threat - married to an English woman). I didn't meet him until 1990, after the Velvet Revolution.

[@stevenorova8565]

My father was among the dissidents in Budapest. He escaped to Austria but, not before all of his friends that he escaped with were killed by the Soviets. He was captured several times along the way to freedom. Eventually, he emigrated to the USA where he strongly valued our freedoms assured by our constitution until his recent passing.

[@chucklynch6523]

The Soviet Union was a Deep State Bolshevik hellhole financed and controlled by the Rothschild Bank of London. Russia is NOT the Soviet Union!!! Putin threw the Deep State Rothschilds out of Russia 20 years ago. Why do you think the Rothschild controlled mainstream news media hates him and attacks him at every chance? Wake up all you drones out there. Get a life and fight back vs the Deep State, just like Putin, Trump, Modi and Xi are!!

[@useyournogos6845]

@@chucklynch6523 You're nuts. Get off fakebook, go to a library and read actual political / economic history. Nothing you typed makes any sense.

[@useyournogos6845]

@@chucklynch6523 I'm especially struggling with your idea that the Soviet Union was controlled by the Bank of London.

[@questionmaker5666]

@@chucklynch6523 Communism controlled by capitalism? Russia was the largest and most powerful of all the SSRs within the USSR. Stop believing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, it was a fake invented by a known Russian anti-Semite. Putin was a KGB agent, Trump a part of the Wallstreet elite and Xi from an entrenched political line, if there is such a conspiracy, they are definitely part of that Deep State. If this deep state controls everything, how are there so many world leaders fighting against it, and why has it taken over 100 years for the deep state to achieve their aims even though they have complete power.

[@johan9388]

Reading some of these comments makes me think some people need to get back on their meds

[@scottfox6993]

History class would have been so much better for every Student, if it would Been presentet like this. Thank you for your service!!

[@freetolook3727]

I had an 11th grade social studies teacher who would go off on tangents of why and how events of history happened. It got me interested in military history and the who, what, when, where and how things happen and not just take what is taught at face value.

[@teosal3224]

I'm quite sure it wasn't Russia. Have you guys heard about the Soviet union?

[@teosal3224]

The Soviet Union,[n] officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[o] (USSR),[p] was a communist state that spanned Eurasia during its existence from 1922 to 1991. It was nominally a federal union of multiple national republics;[q] in practice its government and economy were highly centralized until its final years. The country was a one-party state (prior to 1990) governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with Moscow as its capital within its largest and most populous republic, the Russian SFSR. Other major urban centers were Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR) and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over 22,402,200 square kilometres (8,649,500 sq mi), and spanning eleven time zones.

[@Fjodor.Tabularasa]

Ehm no not really, Mark is a tool of propaganda.

[@archstanton6102]

@@Fjodor.Tabularasa Or just has a different opinion to yours Mt Putin's troll.

[@shanewilson199]

For those who are interested, Hungary and the USSR played a particularly violent water polo match during the Melbourne Olympics which resulted in the “claret” growing freely in a match that that had fists and elbows flying.

[@thetruth7633]

Waterpolo is always about underwater kicking and punching so it does not surprise me that dry fistfights occur

[@thegreenbird795]

@@thetruth7633 Water polo is almost like ice hockey in a swimming pool.....

[@shanewilson199]

@@thegreenbird795 i think the thing that made this game that extra bit heated was the fact that it was played during the uprising. There were a lot of Hungarians at the match, and after one violent incident they were sort of rioting. The umpire ended the game and awarded it to Hungary who were winning. Police had to clear the spectators.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

Yep. There was even film / drama adaptation of the event.

[@Timbo6669]

@@shanewilson199 Yep, a lot of Hungarians settled in Melbourne from the war to this [uprising] era.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

I would like to see a lot more on the entire region. Especially Ukraine. Your work is top notch, in it's detail, Mark. 💛

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

With all due respect, Dr. Felton, here are some corrections and additions: 1:55 Hungary did not change sides in December 1944. A Soviet-backed Temporary Government was created in occupied Eastern Hungary, based in Debrecen. It was no more legitimate than the Germans' puppet government in the West. The army didn't go over: the Soviets armed a few thousand Hungarian POWs, and pressed them into service as "volunteers". The actual number of soldiers who voluntarily went over to the Soviets was very low. 3:15 Mátyás Rákosi was not in office any more in October 1956, when the unrest began. On July 18 he was pressured by the Soviets to resign, and left to the Soviet Union, where he lived out the rest of his days in exile. His successor as Premier of the Hungarian Workers' Party was Ernő Gerő. Also, Rákosi was never Prime Minister, only President of the Council of Ministers during 1952-53. The Prime Minister was András Hegedüs. Gerő was hardly a "good guy", but he reverted many of Rákosi's oppressive measures, in line with Khruschev's "destalinization" process, including releasing many political prisoners. The sudden easing of the terror reign is believed to be a major factor in the unrest. 4:23 This piece of footage was often used in Communist propaganda later. The guy the armed insurgents are triumphantly escorting away was the carpenter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They found him in the abandoned building, and arrested him as a suspected secret police agent. His later fate is unknown, the Communists claimed he was shot. 4:38 Again, Rákosi was not shoved to side. Hegedüs was the one deposed to install Nagy (pronounced as written, not "Nadjeh"). He was actually also a hardline Communist, and hardly a man of the people, as depicted after 1989. 8:52 Many people believed Radio Free Europe's lies, and tried to resist the Soviets. People were excitedly awaiting NATO troops. When it was realized that it's not going to happen, the disappointment was enormous. Even today, this is one of the chief reasons why ordinary Hungarians are skeptical to Western political promises. 9:30 I'm splitting hairs here, but the M113 hasn't entered service until 1960. 10:12 There were no air strikes by the Soviet air force during the intervention. However, a huge flight of Tu-4 heavy bombers (Soviet copy of the B-29) was sent to bomb a district of Budapest to the ground, where a particularly stubborn pocket of resistance was operating. The mission was called off before they reached Hungarian airspace, because the insurgents surrendered. The images from 10:57 show Soviet tanks and mobile artillery pieces knocked out by them, using a single well-placed anti-tank gun. It was hidden in a basement, with only the end of the barrel outside. The gunner was a peg-legged guy, János Mesz, "Peg-Legged Jani", a criminal, who tied the gun's firing string to his wooden leg to fire it easier. He perished in street combat. 10:25 A little known fact: the AK-47 was first used in combat during Operation Whirlwind. Also, the BTR-152 APC was modified after the experience in Budapest. Previously it had no roof, which proved a fatal mistake in urban combat. Finally, a piece of history for those who read this far: 3:40 My father, 19 at the time, was there at the Radio when the shootout at the radio began. With many others, he ran for cover, and noticed a group of people trying to push in a large metal gate. He tried a small door next to it, and it was open. It turned out to be the entrance of a telephone exchange. The crowd pushed him in, and he found himself facing two police officers, who were providing security. They both immediately raised their hands, and offered their guns to my father in surrender. They thought he was the leader of the rioters. My dad was flabbergasted, but someone else snatched the guns, and told the cops to vamoose. Luckily they did not remember my dad's face.

[@andyrob3259]

Shhhhhh for many mr Felton can never be wrong.

[@johnbaker4246]

Good on you for noting those errors. I knew something was up when he said the Hungarians switches sides. The Romanians did that, but the Hungarians went down with the ship.

[@sirmiles1820]

Damn. Nice! I hope Mark can see this.

[@Colt45hatchback]

@@andyrob3259 seems hes become goebbels of modernity recently, i mean, why not, we all keep watching regardless of accuracy 😂

[@DavidMihaelovich]

Gyere haza bástya

[@tmanimal]

At the grand Old age of 74, all this is just past history to my generation.... It's a pity nobody of the current generation of our leaders appear to have that long a memory.... They've just gotten too comfortable.... Thank you Mark for clarifying these historical facts....... Whether anyone takes any of this as a warning, however, remains to be seen, sadly......

[@mr.scruffydog4961]

You are so right. Lessons learned then promptly forgotten. Look at Europe's long and bloody history, and writing yet another sorry, violent chapter today. My opinion, after 70 years on the planet and as witness to and the study of war, Europe seems hell bent on self destruction. Almost suicidal. It's unbelievable yet very real.

[@vintageevil9489]

I'm young. 26. I've seen the signs for awhile now. What's happening now is no surprise to me. Only because I have a fascination with history.

[@CountScarlioni]

@@mr.scruffydog4961 Taking a less cynical view, Europe has been home to fewer and fewer conflicts since WWII, and it was rather hoped after the pent up Yugoslavian wars that they were over for good. In the 21st century, only one country has consistently returned war to the continent. So it's not really "Europe" at this point - It's just Russia who are hell bent on tearing up the peace whenever they feel peckish for some more land. It's no wonder the rest of the continent is just sick of them.

[@glennmandigo6069]

@@vintageevil9489 Same here

[@shanewilson199]

@@mr.scruffydog4961 i don’t know scruffy… I think Europe is playing it smart. I think they are treading the line quite adroitly… but a long time ago they should have started weaning themselves off Russian energy. I think that’s their Achilles heal. Still, they are flooding Ukraine with all sorts of weapons that are really taking their toll on the Russians. It’s not the Rhineland, Anschluss or Czechoslovakia all over again. I think it’s Russia that has forgotten its history. It’s the new nazi Germany, with a war of aggression that has not gone to plan. I wonder what the poles think of all this….

[@zoltankaparthy9095]

I remember well the unfortunate encouragement offered to Hungary by Eisenhower. The Hungarians fought bravely. And I remember many Hungarian refugees showing up in my town. They lived four and five to a small apartment, pooled their funds and brought their relatives out to where we were in the US. I hope they are all retired somewhere warm now, happy with lots of grandchildren.

[@Bitchslapper316]

Eisenhower didn't want to involve the U.S in foreign wars. He ended the Korean war and rejected the calls to go to Vietnam.

[@jjt1881]

@@Bitchslapper316 The last part is not true. Actually, Eisenhower began the US military involvement in Vietnam. Check your history.

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@jjt1881 aKtUaLly, he didn't. He refused the French request for military aid and said the U.S shouldn't be involved in the wars of dying empires. Check your history.

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@jjt1881 Also for context the U.S military involvement didn't even begin with his predecessor Kennedy either, it began with operation "rolling thunder" under Linden B Johnson over 4 years after Eisenhower left office.

[@Errr717]

@@jjt1881 Yes, you're right. It was Eisenhower who got us in Vietnam.

[@photomukund]

Thank you. I am tired of the media branding the current events as "first war in Europe after WWII" all the while ignoring every such event which you mention here. They even forgot what happened to Georgia in more recent times. Some kind of War is always ongoing in a society driven by absurd values.

[@ragingryan256]

Well, the events of Hungary in 1956 is a crushing of a revolution. There was no full-scale invasion and no combat between the Red Army and the Hungarian military within conventional warfare. The clashing between the Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces does exactly that. Considering the personnel of both armies as well as the size of the battlefield, it is then safe to say that the Russo-Ukrainian War is the largest "full-scale" war after WW2

[@Queen-of-Swords]

Yes I see what you are saying, and the break down of Yugoslavia was particularly awful. My friend in Kiev reminded me of Georgia and Syria. Somehow it didn't seem quite the same, I've enjoyed watching Ukrainians enjoy their freedom, start using their language again, heck I even own some Ukrainian music (folk music has bubbled up, due to a renewed sense of national identity). Of course I agree with you about the media spin. I am thoroughly sick of the media anyway. Anyone who doesn't doubt that we are fed a constant diet of nonsense from them has to a bit naive, but I guess there are a lot of naive people huh.

[@ziegle9876]

@@ragingryan256 Yugoslavia disintegration was MUCH more, harder & bloodier fighting.

[@jamesbinns8528]

Indeed. When Yugoslavia broke up, that wasn't a party.

[@jamesbinns8528]

@@Queen-of-Swords I assume that many of those in the media know as little history as their fellow citizens.

[@marshinn]

Thanks

[@rup1u5]

My father was 13 at the time. Oh, the stories he told us! He and other kids were grouped together and trained by a half-legged WW1 veteran on how to use the anti-tank guns left around at FÉG Arms Factory. They were shooting at the Russians as they rolled into Budapest via Csepel. Later, he fled to Austria but sadly returned after a few days/weeks. We had to grow up on the wrong side of the iron curtain. I left Budapest 9 years ago and I live in Scandinavia now. I'm ashamed by the fact that after all this, our current government has again bent over for the Russians and stretched it wide open.

[@tedcrilly46]

Is Hungary ever not on the wrong side of history? Not even once from what I've seen.

[@NATANOJ1]

we are better off without you

[@rup1u5]

@@tedcrilly46 Lol, about right. The disadvantages of being a small country between superpowers. Top that up with centuries of grievances and egotistic, turncoat leaders who think they can maneuver around stronger powers instead of sticking to some universal values. We didn't really have the luxury of choosing sides after WW2. With the Russians indoors and the country in complete ruins. Although we tried our best to detach ourselves from Austria in 1848 and from the soviets in 1956. Oh, and let's not even mention the treaty of Trianon! xD Here's an average Hungarian family story: My grandfather died in a Siberian gulag in 1945. His father died in WW1. My father was running around with guns and grenades as a snotty 13-year-old in '56. I'm not intending to continue this family tradition so I moved. I'm not like Captain Dan from Forrest Gump. :D And I'm happy that my daughter will grow up in one of the richest countries in Europe.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

Orban is a wumbo. Clearly he didn't remember his own country's history. After this Ukrainian incident, I wonder if the Hungarian people demand that he must get out from the government

[@danielvaptsarov2523]

@@tedcrilly46 I think that Bulgaria beats Hungary with wrong geopolitical decisions.If Hungary had 10 wrong decisions Bulgaria has 100 wrong geopolitical decisions 😃

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I knew a fellow lieutenant in the Marines who's family escaped from Hungary in 1956. To say he hated the Russians is putting it mildly. He remembered it well, he was seven years old at the time. Remember that wrecked bridge in Dr. Felton's video? He may very well have been with the group of people making their way over it.

[@ked1224]

Yeah. History repeats itself in depressing ways: Hungarian government of recent has been very, very pro-russia. Of course Orban is trying to walk that back a bit since the invasion, but he's a mini Putin through and through.

[@ViktoriyaNevski]

@@ked1224 woke

[@ked1224]

@@ViktoriyaNevski more evidence those sanctions are hitting hard, when the trolls are reduced to a non-sensical one-word insult. Putin not getting much for his rubles these days!

[@dave8323]

I know a man who had his family killed in front of him by a platoon of US marines. To say he hated the US military is putting it mildly, but he didn't blame every US citizen

[@ViktoriyaNevski]

@@ked1224 Ah yes, the russian troll insults. Classic. How many Hamburgers do you receive for saying that? ^^

[@laszlokiss483]

My grandfather was only 12 years when all of this happened but he often tells me stories the one I remember the most is about him making Molotov cocktails with some of his friends for people to throw at the Russian tanks as they drove down the city streets and I've seen tons of videos of similar scenes in Ukraine currently.

[@mikefay5698]

Did he use Coca Cola Bottles? That is a Federal offence!

[@furerorban1488]

your granddad is a liar orbanuseater hullarabló nyilas házmester

[@markymark7247]

My grandmother was about 14 and living in Budapest when the Uprising happened. She remembers hiding in the basement and seeing a Russian tank pointing its turret right into her house before it thankfully moved on. Sadly, it's clear that Russian leadership has not changed a bit and they're completely willing to undermine the sovereignty and wellbeing of other countries for their own shortsighted security interests.

[@tunahxushi4669]

security interests? nope, the Kremlin has 5000 nuclear warheads... invasions now are only greed and glory... thank the heavens for Stinger and Javelin missiles...

[@chryspersons2336]

They are not doing anything the United States has not already done numerous times. I don’t support the Russians but keep a little perspectvr

[@celluskh6009]

You think Russia is more secure now than a month ago? Hundreds of Russians dying every day, soon they won't be able to afford decent meals or medicines, tens of thousands of NATO troops and huge missile systems have started moving east. Please explain this great security situation Putin has created for Russia by invading Ukraine.

[@markymark7247]

You guys are really ignoring the "shortsighted" in my description of Russian security interests. If Russia wanted to be secure it would be trying to join the EU and NATO, but its leaders would rather have their people suffer than give up any sovereignty; that's why it's shortsighted. Also, nukes only protect a state so much, nobody wants to invade you sure but nobody wants to be your friend if you act like a jackass with them. This is the situation North Korea is in and what Russia is pushing itself towards. Finally, national security is more than just military might as we can see with how Russia is being destroyed economically.

[@celluskh6009]

@@markymark7247 I didn't ignore it. Saying it is a shortsighted security interest means it is in the interest of security in the short term. It's not. If you meant 'erroneous' or 'incorrect assumption' or 'mistaken', then say that. India cosying up to Russia for their military equipment - that's shortsighted. Destroying your country by throwing away armies in a miscalculated war is AGAINST any security interest.

[@bber45]

Well done Mark! I did my Graduate Paper on the Hungarian Revolution. Got a chance to study in Budapest and Check out the Archives. Awesome experience. I got to visit Imre Nagy's original statue and memorial as well. A little side note in my research. This was the first time that the Russian Ak 47 saw action in combat and was seen by the West. Mislead in the press as a "Sub Machine Gun". These were Type 3 AK47s. Milled Receiver. Famous "Man in the Bowler Hat" photo is where it's at. And hence, the weapon of the resistance fighter was born.

[@eedragonr6293]

Indeed there were machine-guns' regions before.

[@vodka3balalayka3ak47]

In Hungary, the situation of 1956 turned out to be a bourgeois counter-revolution: crowds demanded to break off cooperation with the USSR, began to lynch all who at least looked like a communist or supporter of the USSR - thousands were hanged on trees, arsons and pogroms were committed. And Imre Nagy decided to lead this movement and called on NATO to send troops. NATO, of course, was not particularly willing to send troops. However, seeing such a betrayal of their own "democratic" ideals, supporters of Nagy, his former friends who criticized the USSR, massively appealed to the Soviet government to send troops in order to destroy the counter-revolution. Nagy's first friend is Janos Kadar, reformist Rezhyo Nyersh, Social Democrat Gyorgy Maroshan, Minister of Finance (controlled the telephone exchange of the Nagy party’s headquarters) Istvan Kosha and other former associates of Imre Nagy, seeing what his promises turned into - a bloody pro-imperialist bacchanalia - all as one requested the introduction of troops. And this is not to mention the fact that Nagy himself was once a slippery traitor and in 1937, according to his statements, his former comrades-in-arms were arrested, and he passed under the nickname "Volodya" in the structures of the NKVD, so it wasn’t for him to adapt a novelty. Thus, the Soviet troops were brought into Hungary at the request of former associates of Imre Nagy and legal members of his government, and in no way served as a suppression of "free will" - the Soviet troops, who entered the country legitimately, destroyed the fascist gangs who carried out mass lynching, the restoration of capitalism and the pro-imperialist puppet regime. The Soviet Union did not change the power, the SU returned it to the legally elected representatives of the people - close friends of Imre Nagy in the HSWP, headed by Janos Kadar, who, together with Imre Nagy, created the HSWP and actively participated in the removal of the regime of Matyas Rakosi. Recall that earlier the Soviet Union did not intervene in the change of power in Hungary, when Rakosi was withdrawn, and the power passed into the hands of Kadar, Nagy, Nyersh, Maroshan and others (who were returned to power, agyer the dealt with the fascist pro-imperialist gangs, which accomplished massive bloody lynching and arson, had been resolved). The return of the Kadar government and the suppression of fascist gangs led by Nagy were supported by the leaders of Poland, Yugoslavia and China, who had previously welcomed the fall of the Rakosi regime.

[@srf2112]

I worked with a woman in the mid 1980's and she told me stories about living through that as a young girl. She relayed how terrifying it truly was to go through as a civilian. It was beyond me at that young age but now I understand.

[@stephanM5]

I had two uncles, Frank and Steve, on my mom's side who died fighting the Russians when they invaded Hungary and another uncle, Martin who lost a leg trying to get my mom and her friend out of Hungary to Austria when he stepped on a landmine. My mom and her friend weren't fatally injured but my uncle couldn't move so he told my mom and her friend to leave him behind and they made it safely to Austria. When he was captured they tortured him very cruelly. My mom ended up with shrapnel in her calve from the mine and her friend lost an eye. Immediately after the mine exploded machine gun fire strafed over them as they hugged the ground. My uncle Frank had a list of names that he had assisted to escape Hungary and the Russian soldier told him to give it up so my uncle ate it right in front of him and the Russian pulled his pistol and emptied his magazine into his chest murdering him. They then decorated the local police station with my uncle's body as a warning to anyone else attempting to assist other's fleeing Russian tyranny. Sadly at that time the United States told the Hungarians to revolt against the Russians and that they would provide the necessary weapons etc. to support them. In the end the Hungarians got nothing from the Americans, something that is a sore spot to Hungarians to this day.

[@solisprime2669]

As an American I'm sorry we failed to help your people but respect to your Uncle's. True warriors.

[@Riceball01]

That promise of aid sounds a lot like what happened in the Middle East some years back with the Arab Spring where people all over the Middle East & North Africa were encouraged to rise up but no material support was given.

[@vuxuananh2961]

and by now the Ukrainians got a little things to fight. Once again by US and NATO

[@donalddodson7365]

I think it is a sad and universal fact: all politicians speak with forked tongues, out of both sides of their faces. May those courageous warriors against tyranny and for justice Rest in Peace.

[@jacky9590]

What we got from the Americans is the 14 points, Trianon and a bunch of dead Hungarians in 1956.

[@bretthowell5592]

Hands down the best modern history Channel on yt....and perhaps the most relevant as well. Kudos to Mr. Felton for the quality and quantity of the content!

[@45sticky]

My father was on the general staff in Germany at the time. He like a many others in the US military felt that we should go and help hungry. However all they could do is stand down and watch, he was so disgusted. History does indeed repeat itself, just like we’re seeing today with Ukraine.

[@pawelt4638]

Treacherous West

[@Joesolo13]

@@pawelt4638 thank MAD and nuclear weapons. Earth irradiated for centuries

[@robinthehood00]

It's simple: if Hitler had had nukes, we'd all be speaking German. The literal apocalypse is a damn good reason to give the bully what he wants

[@noeldown1952]

@@robinthehood00 oh? What happened to give me freedom or give me death? And don't compare tactical nukes with a nuclear apocalypse. Japan was nuked and emerged as a technological and cultural marvel of the world. No, the only thing that stops west from helping Ukraine is the lack of political will and not wanting to be inconvenienced by a war.

[@robinthehood00]

@@noeldown1952 I fully agree with you. I feel Russia is a cardboard bear and could be defeated. Most people would rather surrender than risk nuclear Holocaust though.

[@leventekingvevo72]

My great grandpa was a Hungarian Hussar/Cavarly Officer in the Hungarian Royal Army, somehow his squadron was late for the Catastrophe at the Don

[@CTBLAS]

He probably graduated too late from the military academy (Ludovika) the same as my father. He was also a Hussar officer and graduated in 1944, sent to the Balaton front and wounded there. I have a huge book of the Ludovika Academy and its history up to 1945, showing all the graduates. If you send me your great grandfathers name I can look it up in the book if you like.

[@elizabethcherry920]

So history is repeating itself, I am glad that you posted this and I hope that people will do more for Ukraine

[@mikefay5698]

They might drop a Hydrogen Bomb on them!

[@stophate2023]

Glory to NATO and Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇲

[@Ukie88]

@@stophate2023 Ukraine is getting lots of military and strategic info support . The world is at a different place now. But ruzzia still has a lot of cannon fodder to throw at the defenders. Slava ukraini 🇨🇦🇺🇦

[@herptek]

@@stophate2023 The Russians are just hunting evil racist neo-nazis in Ukraine. This is the communist idea of fun.

[@mikefay5698]

Best if the USA left Europe and everywhere else killing countries and maybe think about ending their own immiserated people!

[@lukefrombk]

I enjoy watching the historical film and listening to the lecture at the same time. It really engages my imagination when thinking about the topic of the video. Mark Felton is a great teacher.

[@mikimiki283]

For the curiosity and history please do not mind if I mention tragic episode from life of Imre Nagy. Imre Nagy and his closest circle got shelter at embassy of Yugoslavia that was surrounded by Russian tanks. Marsal Tito negotiated pardon/immunity for Imre Nady and new Hungarian authorities guarantied his security. Based on agreement Imre Nagy left embassy of Yugoslavia, in the evening same day was arrested by KGB, transferred to Romania where he was in isolation and on 16th of June 1958 he was killed. As a curiosity in October 2012 suitcase of Imre Nagy was returned to Hungary after 56 years was kept in family by at the time ambassador of Yugoslavia HE Osman Djikic. Sorry for not the best English.

[@andrewbrindescu6666]

No need to be sorry. You English is great

[@AlfaGiuliaQV]

@Bryan I hope they are not tricked into peace "offerings" from moscow. The word of moscow is even more worthless then the roubles.

[@jamesbaker7112]

Your English is better than my Magyar. Hello from Texas.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

Also to remind, during the same period, Josip Broz Tito received assassination attempts from the KGB agents because of the Yugoslavia's non bloc stance, refused to follow Soviet Union sphere, despite of being socialist country.

[@gzboti]

01:55 Hungary never switched sides - there was an attempt, but it has clashed. The Hungarian Army fought until May 1945 on the side of the German troops, some ended the war in Southern Austria, others in Danemark. "The remaining German and Hungarian units within Budapest surrendered on 13 February 1945." "Most of what remained of the Hungarian Third Army was destroyed about 50 kilometers (31 mi) west of Budapest between 16 and 25 March 1945. From 26 March and 15 April" "On 8 May 1945 at 4:10 p.m., Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart's 259th Infantry Regiment was authorized to accept the surrender of the 1st Hungarian Cavalry Division and of the 1st Hungarian Panzer Division. Surrender and movement across the Enns River had to be completed prior to midnight. In the town of Landsberg in Bavaria, a Hungarian garrison stood in parade formation to surrender as Americans forces advanced through the area very late in the war.[30] A few Hungarian soldiers ended the war in Denmark in some of the last territory not yet occupied by the Allies." - Hungary in World War II, Wikiopedia

[@Olivier_The_Dilettante]

thing to note, Hungarians refused to shoot Polish soldiers in direct contradiction of German (not NAZIS) orders. I hate political correctness a communist invention swallowed by the west.

[@khalidumar9752]

I learned of Hungary playing the Finals of 1954 Football World Cup and was surprised at their achievement. I later learned that nearly all Hungarian football team were soldiers of Hungarian Army.

[@lencolby4605]

@@khalidumar9752 - that was a common ruse in Communist countries. Olympic athletes weren't professionals they were "military" personnel.

[@khalidumar9752]

@@lencolby4605 Right.

[@mikefay5698]

@@lencolby4605 Well I suppose they were amateurs and were within the rules?

[@kalmanbekesi5980]

As a Hungarian I say thank you for the accurate and fair story telling.

[@MlLKMAN]

My Father fought the soviets in Budapest, he was captured while attempting to cross the border to Austria after the revolution has been lost. Just imagine if they had a few thousand Javelins and Stingers back then :-)

[@julieyoung4279]

Thank you for your research and explaining this so clearly. I am trying to explain this to my 19 year old son who is interested in what his grandparents went through in the 1950s. It really makes me cry. They fled Hungary and settled in Luton, Bedfordshire. In the 60s and 70s we used to stay with our relatives in Budapest for our holiday every year. You could still see the bullet holes in the buildings, even today. It's a beautiful city though! ❤

[@icram45]

Another interesting similarity that many of the Russian soldiers were told they were going to Suez while they were actually sent to Hungary. They were also confused why they are shooting a “friendly” country just like in Ukraine now.

[@icram45]

@@mduduzisibanda5035 I don’t get your reasoning. Just watch videos from the first days of the invasion. Russian soldiers were clueless what the hell they are doing and why Ukrainian civilians and regulars are shooting at them.

[@unclelex2006]

@icram45 "Friendly country"? Hungary? With an armed uprising and mobs lynching local communists? With a history of being an Axis power? I guess, political officers of the Soviet Army were supposed to explain all this to the troops before their deployment...

[@unclelex2006]

@Underpaid T-72 mechanic how come some context serves as justification? Cool down, just a correction here. You gotta see the full picture to understand its parts better.

[@icram45]

@@unclelex2006 yes… by then Hungary officially was a friendly country, founding member of the Warsaw pact. Soodiers of the Soviet Union didn’t know about the people’s opinion on Russians, so they were surprised that they wasn’t welcomed.

[@levenda3662]

As a Hungarian, I thank you for uploading a Hungary related video on our national day! Very thoughtful!

[@befeleme]

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it surely rhymes." - Mark Twain

[@mikefay5698]

Bismark thought countries always forgot History. Especially Germany!

[@danfilon3349]

of course who is the most vocal cheerleader of Russia... Hungary of course....

[@blank557]

By the look at those destroyed Soviet tanks, the fighting was fierce indeed. Good on the Hungarians. Curse FDR for giving away those countries to Stalin. FDR really thought he could play Stalin, but instead was played by him, despite Churchill's warnings. Stalin played the victim card because Russia was fighting the bulk of the German army, crying for the Allies to open a second front, and playing on their sympathy. Screw him. He enabled Hitler to go to war with his Non-aggression pact, and sent raw materials to Germany right up to the June 22, 1941 invasion of Russia. Meanwhile the CIA got it wrong as usual in Hungary, just like they did everywhere else. The one good thing about this failed uprising is demonstrating Communism cannot win over an educated rising generation. The Hungarian students were too smart to fall for its lies. The October 1917 revolution would never have gained victory if it wasn't for the fact most of Russia were peasants--Honest folk but naive and easily led by the promises of Lenin. However, with the advent of Woke liberal colleges teaching post-modernist theory, most of today's rising generation have no clue about the history of Soviet oppression, mocking those who point out its dangers as over-acting McCarthyites (Who was later proved to be right). Unless the next generation is taught the truth, we too will succumb to poisoning theories of Marx, and fulfill Khrushchev's boast he would bury us. This is why presentations by Mr. Felton are so critical. They encapsulate the crux of these events so we can learn not tot repeat the same mistakes.

[@rickytorres8566]

Marxism is based dork

[@blackjacka.5097]

Too bad schmucks like Orban made everyone dumb again.

[@laszlokiss483]

Spot on !

[@fsdds1488]

Except Stalin and Mussolini were the first to propose for allying with Britan and France to stop German Anschuluss of Czechoslovakia, it was well mentioned in Churchill's WW2 memory and they both got rejected, so in anticipation that Germany will grow stronger they teamed up with Germany instead, but still Soviets anticipated a future conflict, and when operation barbarossa began the soviet field works were almost finished, if you read Stuka Pilot you see Rudel mentioning a tons of half-finished field airbases during the first few days of war.

[@bobmano66]

Some of those countries invaded Russia along with Germany in 1941, Russia knew Germany was going to invade but needed time to build up its forces thats why Stalin signed the non aggression pact . Stalin had hoped he had a couple of years before the invasion as Russia was still not ready in 41. And it was the Americans and British pressuring Stalin to start a new offensives in the east so as to help the allied advance in France.

[@LitD]

Point of interest: June 1956 saw riots in Poland (starting over the lack of basic food stuffs before escalating to anti-communist demands) that were brutally suppressed. However the Polish communist party decided to withdraw some of the more Stalinist policies as a result. This, combined with rumours of a Soviet intervention in Poland, was the initial cause for the students demonstration (the even got official permission to hold it) before things escalated. Another fun fact: The march ended at Bem Square named for the Polish general Jozef Bem. He became a national hero in Hungary for his part in the Hungarian uprising against Austria in 1848 which, surprise, was ultimately crushed by Imperial Russia.

[@eedragonr6293]

Imperial Russia was quite an expert in crushing every revolution and progressive changes. The irony when they themselves became extreme Left.

[@Sekir80]

@@eedragonr6293 I wonder why so surrounding nations want to align there interest with Russia. I've no idea why Hungary still does it.

[@eedragonr6293]

@@Sekir80 Hungary is more wise than risky to try to avoid a counter offensive on their side. They are not a numerous nation and after WWII, in 1956 they lost over 1 million people. Ukraine is doing much better today than the Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

[@eedragonr6293]

@@Sekir80 We also have no idea why Turkey did it

[@eedragonr6293]

BTW in 1956 Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, took actively part in the Soviet wars and repression and largely benefited of it.

[@Cookefan59]

This is so eerily similar to what’s going on right now in 2022. Will this region of the world ever know a lasting peace? It’s so damned tragic the enormous loss of human life. The treachery and deceit. The abandonment of Hungary by the west is a great lesson from the recent past. Great job!

[@simonkormendy849]

It'll most likely keep happening, because unfortunately human-beings are too arrogant, stubborn, selfish, deceitful, and egotistical to live peacefully with one another.

[@gflucas4285]

The West had no ability to help Hungary in 1956, or Czechoslavia in 1968. It would have meant war with Russia.

[@ShiningForce07]

@@gflucas4285 but they used them against the soviets no moral restraints...

[@gflucas4285]

@@ShiningForce07 What are the Soviets in 2023? The Russians have a history of "no moral restraints'

[@wasdwasdedsf]

putin has taken the country up 750% higher in gdp from 2000 to today, all at a 13% tax rate. its the west that are the joke

[@aivehn]

My family left Hungary in 1956/57 because of the failure of this revolution. Most of my family spent time in prison before leaving, including my mother, who was 9 y/o at the time. A slice of history that is rather personal for my family, if only a story to me. I was born in 1964, growing up on stories of what lead to me being born an American, while my family was all Hungarian. Mark, as usual, you have done a great job bringing a bit of history out in to the open. Thank you, and keep up the great work.

[@karelianmghow9095]

I think there are also striking similarities to the Finnish-Soviet Winter War. Especially the build-up to the conflict looks very familiar in hindsight, with "negotiations" that were just smoke and mirrors, an outrageous false-flag operation and an almost comical use of "tactical truth" by Russians. Finland was a bit quicker when it comes to mobilizing reservists, though.

[@JesperSalama]

Also what sparks to my mind is the ”kansantasavalta” in Terijoki (Finnish Democratic Republic) created by the USSR inside Finland in 1939 which resembles the newly formed republics of Donbas. Surely in the DPR and LPR there will be a referendum to join Russia soon. Perhaps interestingly, this is historically how the Soviet Union was born over the years: rigged elections, illegal referendums, falsely claiming areas to belong to Russia, military flexing, bullying states to join, and influencing Soviet-minded politicians to rise to power and give up their country. Another example is Estonia. It came a as a surprise to me to learn that Estonia was independent before WW2 (when Päts handed over his country to Russia and most government officials were executed, with the rest moving to exile). Of course, de jure, Estonia never lost its independence, but USSR annexed its territory until 1991.

[@jehugo66]

The Finns kicked Soviet Ass.

[@khalidumar9752]

@@JesperSalama Battle of Suomussalmi I studied over 4 decades ago.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

@@jehugo66 The Finns lost their lands twice to the Soviets in 1939 and 1945 when they decided to join the Nazis

[@karelianmghow9095]

@@JDDC-tq7qm Which one came first, the egg or the chicken? The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were allies during the Winter War. No amount of historical hindsight will change that fact.

[@paulmcphie1596]

Thanks!

[@Telemed911]

Good commentary. Having just read most of a book called "Red Famine" about how Russia stole all of Ukraine's food resulting in mass starvation in that country in the 1930s it would be interesting to hear how historian Mark Felton would describe what happened. That history is horrifying...!

[@id-f8679]

@@mduduzisibanda5035 lol what? I always see someone mention it when the topic is about Churchill

[@Aliens308]

@@mduduzisibanda5035 Yeah, like Churchill said, History is written by the Victors

[@eliasar5051]

Timeghost already covered it quite well, so if you are interested give it a try.

[@Telemed911]

@@eliasar5051 Thank you - I will. I read the book by Anne Applebaum called Red Famine and I could not finish it because of the horror of the starvation.

[@kalbit007]

And who stole all of US food in the 1930?

[@gamerjay6624]

I remember as a apprentice my Hungarian tradesman telling me how as a boy his parent sent him over the border with a suitcase, he ended up in nz and only saw his parents once in the 70s, I just didnt comprehend what he went through.

[@barnasooki485]

My dad was 5 years old at the time and remembers going up in the attic with his dad and seeing an orange glow above Budapest 40km away. "Budapest is burning" he told his son.

[@mikefay5698]

I don't believe you!

[@mikefay5698]

Bull!

[@fishermansbastion19]

​@@mikefay5698who cares what an idiot believes or not😂😂

[@Gallagherfreak100]

Interesting they placed Marshal Konev in charge of the Soviet invasion. He was arguably the most ruthless and bloodthirsty commander on the eastern front during WW2. He was a particular favorite of Stain, who always admired extreme brutality.

[@adamradziwill]

Konev ? NO, ZHUKOV WAS....

[@Gallagherfreak100]

@@adamradziwill : They were both pretty awful, although, Stalin supposedly admired Konev's brutality more.

[@uncletimo6059]

@@adamradziwill ah, a fellow man who reads victor suvorov ;=D

[@luckabuse]

@@uncletimo6059 Suvorov was debunked like 15 years or so. :-)

[@uncletimo6059]

@@luckabuse hahahahahhahaha go back to reading marshall zhukov's 15th version of his memoirs, see what the dead man writes now. slava ukraini

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

The Hungarian people fought hard against the Soviet invaders. Thanks for sharing Dr. Felton❤️🇨🇦🇷🇼

[@trenauldo]

It certainly seems Russia hasn’t changed its playbook much with respect to its invasion of Ukraine since the events in this video in Hungary. There are certainly some eerie parallels with respect to the events. Thanks for putting this together, Dr. Felton.

[@dannythomson5239]

you need to have a deep look at recent history in Ukraine, especially leading up to 2014 with American involvement that directly led to zelenskys Fascist regime and NATO involvement in Ukraine which is what has all led us to this current war. when you have done this and understand what is really going on reply to me and we can discuss your above ridiculous comment.

[@bobalexander6153]

@@dannythomson5239Putin has never claimed that regime change was part of his plan even though he surely could have bombed Kiev to smithereens but it seems it's perfectly fine for Biden to demand for regime change in Russia.

[@django8451]

@@dannythomson5239 another russian propaganda, heard that before

[@Spacegoat92]

Thanks for this video Mark. My uncle fought in the revolution, he had a few stories to tell. But there was some stuff he would never talk about. Dad didn't fight, but things got very dangerous for them and so they both escaped and left Hungary forever.

[@mjtvalfather]

Thank you for doing this Mark. A well told story. My father fought and finally escaped in 1956.

[@jamesglenn5259]

A great program as usual Dr.Felton! I thoroughly enjoy your videos because of the great research. Thanks for helping keep history alive and May God Bless you!

[@7Steveski]

I was in Hungary many times between 1980 and 90 and Hungarians were happy to say goodbye to their soviet “comrades.”

[@balazs7235]

Happy to see my home country be mentioned and talked about, albeit not for a good reason. It is deeply engraved into the minds of those people that lived through these times. So much so, that even my generation, being 21 years old, have a fair bit of knowledge about the events that took place and it’s not because of history class. For anyone interested, the House of Terror in Budapest gives an unforgettable experience and tour of the 20th century and its wartimes.

[@piotrkowalczyk8455]

I'm simple Pole. I see Hungary, I press LIKE. Brilliant work again, Mark. Best wishes to you!!

[@teodorherena2497]

Duda said hungary is Russia's slave

[@mikefay5698]

Yes you are very simple!

[@mikefay5698]

Not all Poles are simple like you!

[@mikefay5698]

Poland loves simple Governments with no Gas! But has the absolute audacity to ban immigrants when millions of Poles were refugees after the War!

[@somewhere6]

I grew up around a lot of Hungarians who had left in 1956. They hated the US for encouraging the revolt and then not lifting a finger to assist it.

[@josedorsaith5261]

The US seems to do that a lot (Bay of Pigs)

[@Olivier_The_Dilettante]

politics is all bout that, snout in a trough

[@averageguy5815]

Very strong parallels to today. Thanks for making this!

[@christopherderrah3294]

My dad was in the US Army, stationed in Germany at that time. He said that in Germany there was a large group of Hungarians that were being trained by the US. They were anticipating going back into Hungary to fight the Soviets. But the US kept them in Germany on a US base and they rioted because they felt betrayed by the US.

[@TVaDaR]

Elvis was there too. They would have saved us! from the Russian balalaika.

[@milosjovicevic6083]

US army atacked Serbia 1999 Atackes Serbs in Bosnia 1993 Atacked Serbs in Croatia 1995 You are biggest hypocrits

[@lencolby4605]

Sadly the US betrayed many people in many countries before and after that.

[@mikefay5698]

They get no braver than that!

[@lencolby4605]

@@mikefay5698 - yes, they were very brave. Sadly I don't think there was much the US could have done to help them, without potentially triggering WWIII. The mistake was encouraging them via Radio Free Europe and other means with no intention (means) to lend a hand.

[@stevenpenke7163]

My dad was a refugee from the revolution It's the reason I was born here in the US I once asked him why he left his country all he said was I didn't like communism God bless the Ukrainian freedom fighters

[@peterkordziel7047]

I remember 1957, when in upstate NY we had an influx of fine people who were refugees from this country which suffered so much.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

The "Cold war in the middle east" is definitley something you should do more videos on Mark, it's a very fascinating subject

[@jeanmarcbecquet7711]

Dommage que les recherches de Monsieur Felton ne soient pas traduites en français c'est toujours du très haut niveau 🎯❤️🍻❤️

[@e-0703]

Learn english just like the rest of the world.

[@Attlanttizz]

Learn English already.

[@donalddodson7365]

@jean marc becquet I quite agree. Perhaps a few more Patreon Supporters can fund the translation services?

[@jurgbangerter1023]

alors l'enseignement des langues européennes devrait être primordial dans un pays qui vit du tourisme comme la France.Ca que M. Felton oublie volontairement est que l'OTAN a massacrés plus que 5 Millions des Civiles partout dans les Balcans et en Moyen Orient et a essayé de faire un coup militaire en Syrie en financant DAECH-ISIS qui ont fait un génocide avec les peuples non musulmans comme les Yesides...l'OTAN-Etats Unis ont fait pire en Syrien, Iraq, Libye, Serbie et qoui en Chile ou un president élu démocratiquement fut deposé dans la même facon que le prsident pro Russe fut deposé en Ukraine...alors M.Felton nest pas impartial.

[@douglasjones2570]

@@e-0703 Hey. What’s with the arrogant condescending hostility? Stop. Give it a rest already.

[@dustylover100]

If we don't learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it.

[@aucaau]

Love these videos, love your voice. For some reason, these videos could be binge watched. Keep it up!

[@jaredspencer3304]

I admit, as a Millennial, I became cynical of the American worldview when I saw how easy it was for the government to lie to its citizens. This made me quite sympathetic to the Soviet worldview; after all, if Americans were told the USSR was evil, then it probably was even better than the US. Thankfully, I've been disabused of such notions, in no small part by seeing the degree of hatred that the formerly occupied Central and Eastern European countries have for the USSR. They know what living under Soviet rule was like, and as soon as they could, they freed themselves and joined military and economic alliances against Russia. That's really all you need to know.

[@jamesengland7461]

The difference is, here in America you can seek the truth, read the truth, speak the truth. That wasn't permitted in the USSR.

[@Blackadder75]

I am glad you came to your senses. The american state is rotten, but that doesn't mean that a far more evil state suddenly becomes good. It's ok to dislike both , as long as you realize the differences

[@morrisbuschmeier2047]

That's why we all are watching dr Felton's content- to know the old roots of today.

[@duybear4023]

Don't believe China's world view either. As a Vietnamese, I see them as an Imperialist bully and bad neighbor.

[@Timetraveler101]

Unfortunately many Russians ..lives under the very same thoughts…i ve been in moscow fascinating historically speaking …but I become disenchanted …cause there was not freedom…it did look westernized…but it was just a show …they are still living under urss laws … Nothing like Usa ..this country is not perfect but I love it ! For what it represents! …never take anything for granted !

[@robertpersely1722]

Thank you, thank you for posting this bit of history! My father side is Magyar descent. They were cattle men on Eastern Hungary that left for America because of "Cossack troubles" from Western Ukraine in 1910s. Flash forward to my Dad as a teenager in the 1950s. They keep in contact with relatives back in Hungary via phonecalls. When this occurred, those relatives called and said "they were in trouble". After that, we never heard from them again.

[@stephenchappell7512]

Thought Western Ukraine was under Austrian control in the 1910s

[@robertpersely1722]

@@stephenchappell7512 good point, this is information passed from my father from his grandfather. Maybe lost in translation?

[@stephenchappell7512]

@@robertpersely1722 In that case it could be referring to the western part of Russian Ukraine specifically Western Ukraine as we know it didn't pass to the USSR until 1939 following the last Polish partition being confirmed at Yalta 6 years later

[@robertpersely1722]

@@stephenchappell7512 it sounds like a very fluid place! As in this land is claimed by many owners. Thanks for sharing some insight to my heritage.

[@stephenchappell7512]

@@robertpersely1722 Go further back and it was the Khazars Yes fluid place indeed 👍

[@mateengler7602]

My maternal grandfather's brothers escaped during the uprising. My grandfather wanted to go as well, but grandma was afraid to leave to the uncertain with a baby(my mother). Thanks for the documentary! Many tend to forget this tiny uprising, which turned out to be a great tragedy for my country:(

[@mikefay5698]

To this day as an old man I never did see the point! Killing Imre Nagy was a crime and caused enormous splits in the Left at that time since Hungary was a sovereign country! Met a lot of Hungarians over the years fine men!

[@ShiningForce07]

@@mikefay5698 please see my comment above...was a failed CIA coup

[@chrisfreestone4136]

Not sure if "frustrating" is even the word to describe how anyone who's been reading, studying Military history is going through right now. Truth is harder to find than gold.

[@yahyahussein425]

Rubbish. 'Truth' is extant and will always will be if studied seriously and intelligently. Don't be swayed easily by dubious online nonsense.

[@thespamdance311]

By reading, do you mean actual books or just shit posted online? Because I suggest you stick to the former.

[@chrisfreestone4136]

@@yahyahussein425 Truth is extant. lol. I'm the kind of guy who will sit and listen to Harris and Peterson for almost 3 hours discussing "What is Truth" and you come up with the "word of the day". too much.

[@yahyahussein425]

@@chrisfreestone4136 Get a Doctorate and then come back and speak with me. Have a lovely six years.

[@chrisfreestone4136]

@@yahyahussein425 Have a lovely sixth booster and double up yer mask there bud!

[@stephen4938]

My late father was a Freedom Fighter in the Uprising, he had his friends and family had their fair share of run ins with the AVO/AVH. He along with other Fredom Fighters destroyed a secret police building during the beginning of the Uprising. Once it was clear the Soviets were coming back in full force to suppress the Uprising he left the country in the middle with just the clothes on his back. He made his way to Canada along thousands of refugees and eventually became a surgean/physician! I do think Hungary would have been fine if Imre Nagy never said that Hungary was going to withdraw from Warsaw Pact. I actually did an exhibit about the 65th Anniversary of the Uprising which a lot of people(Americans) were not aware of what happened in Hungary. I kept telling people, history repeats itself. Ukraine, next it will be Taiwan.

[@xrli]

How is Taiwan comparable to Hungary. Hungarians are distinct ethnically and culturally. "Taiwan" official name is "Republic of China" and they are technically the government of China in exile. That makes no sense.

[@eedragonr6293]

What about Hungary?

[@mikefay5698]

"For I'm going out to fight for the freedom and the right and the Glory of dear Taiwan"! I'm starting to cry again!

[@furerorban1488]

@@eedragonr6293 a nazi wasteland

[@oscarvi3232]

Superb work Dr. Felton. Somewhat chilling to see the parallels to today's events.

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video and presentation.

[@pjotrtje0NL]

When I was a young adolescent, a friend had his father’s gun in his room, it was used in Hungary. I knew them for some years, never thought his dad to be a revolutionary.

[@wswift7611]

Thanks, Mark for posting this, lots of similarities with today's situation in Ukraine. Mankind has never learned from the dark and bloody history written by those heartless politicians. Sadly, no one wins but only ordinary civilian suffers.

[@mikefay5698]

Capitalism is indeed ugly!

[@benjaminlanden8607]

Thank you for always interesting videos doctor Felton! Your videos got me interested in history again!

[@pawel8365]

Thoroughly enjoying the latest videos, giving vital context to the present conflict.

[@georgejudge6437]

As a Hungarian , I can tell Mark Felton do tell the right history. Even when the Current Hungarian Government does not!

[@dangr3957]

I am from Hungary, and my Russian grandmother was already living in Budapest with my dad who was only 3 in ‘56. My other grandmothers brother my uncle left Hungary he was 18 (he was in shootouts fighting against Russian soldiers) and for 2 decade they didn’t know is he alive. He ended up in the foreign legion. I think the Ukrainian situation is 100 times more serious than our 1956 revolution. That was a necessity must for to maintain the world order by the soviets, this invasion is more like a megalomaniac dictator’s wild dream turning into nightmare and the world does little to nothing to stop it. Rest in peace for everyone who dies in a conflict such as this!

[@КолтуновСерёга]

Ukraine News 2021. US strategic bombers flew in the sky over Ukraine. KZbin video " Стратегические бомбардировщики США летали в небе над Украиной "

[@КолтуновСерёга]

General Assembly Seventy-fifth session 46th plenary meeting Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 10 a.m. New York document address page 10 KZbin does not skip the link. Draft resolution I is entitled “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”. A recorded vote has been requested. A recorded vote was taken. In favour: Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe Against: Ukraine, United States of America Abstaining: Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Samoa, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

[@eedragonr6293]

Yes, I imagine a UN project of "Combating the glorification of communism in fueling the denial of the Human rights..." with the Communist block today.

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@КолтуновСерёга working hard comred.

[@GabrielKozsar]

@@КолтуновСерёга what the hell ? Members who abstained from voting means what , not present ? Why so many abstained ? What is the broader context of the Draft resolution I. ?

[@henridelagardere264]

Dr. Felton is the one historian who could actually accomplish the feat of producing the Coronation Street among history documentaries, about the regimes changed by the U.S.

[@WFHermans]

He won't do that.

[@david_4739]

Yes, I'd subscribe to that. We only seem to get one side in the West. Even academics seem to get on board with the propaganda.

[@GdamRight]

Those who don.t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Thank you Dr. Felton

[@catdzoozed]

I am just aware of this but not this deep. Thank you Dr. Felton!

[@Transleithania]

It was not Russia, but the Soviet Union. Ukranians also fought in Budapest against Hungary in 1956 in the Svoiet Army... The analogy is wrong.

[@ViktoriyaNevski]

It's easier to blame one particular nation from western perspective

[@aberoy9957]

The soviet unión was ruled in its majority by russians

[@Teoras]

It was not Russia, just Russian troops, Russian leaders, Russian politicians, Russian vehicles, Russian equipment, Russian artillery and Russian airplanes! There were a handful of Ukrainians fighting there, too, with Russian equipment, under Russian leadership, by orders from Russian politicians, using Russian vehicles, Russian equipment, Russian artillery and Russian airplanes, so it wasn't just Russia, guys!1111! Man, you sound dumb. Yes, there might have been Ukrainians there too, but it's not like they chose to fight there, or wanted to do it. No one wanted or wants to be ruled by Russians, and there's a reason why the Soviet Union collapsed.

[@davidreilly1612]

So many common scenes by contrasting today's news with 1956's , Thanks Mark!

[@alexamerling79]

Great stuff like always Mark. Sad to see history repeating itself.

[@fordfairlane662dr]

Another great history Lesson by the professor Mark Felton

[@Queen-of-Swords]

I love your channel, Mark. There is nothing quite like someone who really has a passion for their subject. I learn a lot from you! This is a new thing I've learned, although for some reason I know a lot about Romania, due to finding the Ceaușescus rather fascinating. I'm 49 now, so I grew up with the Eastern Block, and all we saw was gymnasts and shot putters, wasn't it? Its a massive shame that once again we face war. I have a friend in Kiev who is an Archeologist, nearly 60, who went and registered for a machine gun. As much as I hate war, I can't say I wouldn't do the same in the circumstances.

[@jimadams7765]

Yes, it appears that Zhukov was a very key character in the Allies winning WW2. That and his subsequent poor treatment by Stalin afterward should make for a good historic episode under the current conditions.

[@kaalisurfer600]

allies win ww2 lol...

[@honeysucklecat]

I loved Zhukov in Death of Stalin movie

[@stephenchappell7512]

It's amazing that he survived Stalin

[@CJC90909]

This isn’t even close to the first time. See Georgia (92 and 08), Moldova (91), Afghanistan (79), etc. Hungary was just the beginning.

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

and it's certainly not the end

[@logoseven3365]

@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947 Moldova, Finland, Sweden…

[@constantinekorkousky3363]

@@logoseven3365 Poland too in 1922

[@Camcolito]

It's hilarious but a bit bemusing to listen to Americans and Brits chastise Russia for participating in regime-change wars and coups.

[@logoseven3365]

@@constantinekorkousky3363 I was looking into the future. I hope you’re not! Didn’t Poland kick their ass?

[@skychief7716]

This is an awesome documentary. I am an American and was 13 years old at the time of the Hungarian uprising. I remember seeing news clips on the evening news and could not understand why America did not lift a finger to help. This video helped clear out mountains of fog from my mind I’ve always wanted to know about since 1956. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!

[@jaanikaapa6925]

Here in Finland, even now in during the Russian war of conquest, there are people saying a defense pact with Russia would be the best thing for us. My answer has always been: if Warsaw Pact was so amazing, then why did most of the freed WP nations join NATO the second they could.

[@tyrkir5566]

Finland had an excellent deal with Russia for the past 70 years. Your leadership is about to throw that out, from what I hear.

[@jaanikaapa6925]

@@tyrkir5566 No deal. A long time of kow towing to Soviets. No more. That was the deal: you do as Russia says or you get invaded. That deal's been done a long time ago. It ended when Soviet Union ended, thank god.

[@ATruckCampbell]

@@jaanikaapa6925 Well if they try anything, just do what you did last time and you guys might be alright.

[@grahamlucas2712]

@@tyrkir5566 What deal would that have been Tykir the Tyrant. Obey us or we will invade.

[@tyrkir5566]

​@@grahamlucas2712 Finland didn't join NATO, in turn it's security was guaranteed, even received soviet military tech (MiG-21s from the top of my head) which were pretty high tech back then. They could have a democratic system, maintained somewhat normal relations with the Soviet Union, and profiting handsomely with trade with it, which the rest of the west couldn't. I would call that a good deal, worked pretty well for 75 years.

[@fonty2222]

My Grandmother (on my Dad's side) was one of those thousands of refugees. My great grandfather (her father) was taken in the night (presumably by Soviets/Pro-Soviet forces) and never seen again. She and the remainder of her family tried to flee but were captured by Soviet forces and were set to be tried, but they were let off for Christmas. They used that time to escape to Yugoslavia via coal train. My Great-Grandmother had to become a prostitute to sustain her family. She married a very abusive and terrible man because he was a steam engineer, which got them passage to Canada. Because of the abuse she sustained, my Grandma had to leave her family and live on her own as a maid in Vancouver, knowing almost no English. I really appreciate this piece Mark, thanks for bringing highlight to a sometimes forgotten point of history. I also just want to note this as a tale relating to the refugee experience in general, whether Ukranian, Arab, or otherwise - there's more horror to the refugee experience than one may initially presume. It leads to incredibly damaging trauma in all sorts of ways that lives throughout your family for a long time, and is difficult to get past. Believe me, I know, my Dad knows, and my Grandmother knows. The pain is still with us in one form or another.

[@Olivier_The_Dilettante]

You mean . . . turned to prostitution . . . surely

[@kesmarn]

Thanks for reminding people that women have their own experience of the horrors of war, their own reasons for developing PTSD. And sadly they almost never receive medals for the horrifying wounds they endure.

[@howardhardardt815]

Dr. Felton finds videos and photos of the specific events he is talking about. Much better than stock footage.

[@wispothewindchimemeadow8973]

My father who was six and my uncle just a baby and my grandparents all escaped and went through Yugoslavia. They all made it on a ship to Halifax, N.S. They lived the rest of their lives on Cape Breton Island. Grandmama & grandpapa have since past. Father and uncle still live on the island. Hungary called………no one answered.

[@jwade5610]

Released a couple of minutes ago and already 21 comments and 104 likes (as of now). You can tell how good this channel is.

[@O.G.MISFIT]

I'm a third generation Hungarian living in Ontario Canada and I thank you for informative video

[@robertdeen8741]

I recall reading a book called "The Liberators", written by a defected tank commander who saw the light after they drove into Hungary. It was very enlightening at the time. How many of the T54-55 tanks couldn't actually move and were dug in Hull down along the border. The Court Divisions who got the best equipment but only practiced marching and parading to impress fellow Russians and the west. During most of the cold war the USSR was but a paper tiger.

[@unclelex2006]

can't find it... There is a book named "The Liberators" by Victor Suvorov, but it's about Czechoslovakia... but there is also a tanker that defected. Not this one, I guess?

[@wormfood83]

@@unclelex2006 That's also what my search came up with.

[@robertdeen8741]

@@unclelex2006 perhaps my memory is failing. I read it at least 30 years ago. Sold all my books around 25 years ago. Every time I moved it was a major issue.

[@thegunslinger1363]

Russian propaganda has always said that the Soviets "liberated" Europe.

[@zabolatlan_nyekenyoka1291]

Mark big thanks, respect! But.... 1956 and the current Ukrainian situation, the political background is completely different (leaving it at, that would be a long story). The USSR army were expelled from Hungary, and come back. Many many Ukrainian soldier served in USSR army. When there was a lot of unnecessary and hopeless bloodshed, the Hungarian ministers capitulated, they no longer harassed the peoples and tried to recruit foreigners. However, there is one thing in common, NATO simply for freedom did not helped, for serious tactical reasons, it did not help. There are economic reasons for the current Ukrainian war. FYI: I'm Hunarian...

[@lesliepaulkovacs6442]

My Father fought in the Revolution, but he was lucky enough to get to the USA. Another factor to consider: Eisenhower was up for Re-election that November. Consider that the Korean War pretty much ended in a Draw, Ike didn’t want another War to happen, either in Egypt or Eastern Europe. Oh, it was over 200,000 Refugees made it out, not 20,000.

[@ferociousfil5747]

Yeah Canada welcomed 37500 of them

[@mikehipperson]

When I was at school, our PE teacher was a Hungarian refugee student who had escaped the country after the uprising in 1956. He was proud of his attempt to rid his country of communism but knew that he was high on the KGB's most wanted list. He hated the Russians with a passion and went ape when he found out that his nickname amongst us pupils was 'Rim', as in Rimski Korsacov!

[@vk2ig]

We had a Hungarian lecturer at university. He looked like a younger version of Lech Walesa, so we nicknamed him that. He taught statics (an engineering subject) and when he got to the subject of "polar moment of inertia", we jokingly asked if that was like the "Siberian moment of inertia". What we didn't know at that time was these questions were annoying him, and he must've asked the department head what to do about this, who must've replied "Tell the students about your life". So in the next lecture, when he mentioned polar moment of inertia and we asked the same question about Siberia, he wrote "Siberian moment of inertia" on the board in Cyrillic. We asked him about this, and he proceeded to tell us all about his father and grandfather who spent time in the gulag as a guest of the Soviets, how he grew up learning Hungarian and Russian in school, his experiences as a young man studying at university, and how eventually he was booted out of the country. We were absolutely spellbound about this guy's life story. At the end of this fascinating lecture, he said "Now I've told you about the Siberian moment of inertia, we will never need to discuss it ever again, will we!" And we - his students - never, ever mentioned it or asked about it in future lectures.

[@blackmantis3130]

😂😂😂 everyone has a story