The failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution – the Soviets blamed the West just like Orbán does today
Sixty-five years ago Soviet troops crushed the Hungarian Revolution. The Soviet Union started a propaganda campaign blaming the West for the uprising and the bloodshed. Howard Norton, a journalist with the Baltimore Sun reported from Moscow that the Soviets had spread their version why Russian troops were fighting in Hungary. Not surprisingly, they put the blame unequivocally on the West […]