Hungary 1956: Twelve Days That Shook the Soviet Empire

Ian Sanders covers the Hungarian Revolution from the October 23 student demonstration through the Soviet assault on Budapest on November 4 — the rapid escalation, the fragmentation of the AVH and Hungarian Army, Imre Nagy's impossible position, and the crushing Soviet intervention. The episode takes the uprising seriously as a military event, not just a political one: the street fighting, the improvised resistance, and the sheer speed of the Soviet response all get attention. Timed to the 70th anniversary and a strong companion to The Rest Is History's concurrent Suez coverage — same week, same superpower dynamics, different side of the Iron Curtain.