October 23, 1956 the beginning of the Hungarian Revolution, the first major crack on the shield of the Soviet Union, that encouraged more uprisings all over the occupied Eastern Europe.
Started out as a university student protest, it quickly spread natonwide.
The symbol of the uprising was the national flag with the communist emblem carved out
It didn't last long though. We never had a chance against the worlds strongest military, and the west didn't do anything to help. The revolution ended in blood with over 2500 Hungarian and 700 Soviet deaths, and with a Swift revenge afterwards.
And then came 40 years of communist rule which ended in 1990.
To our western brothers: cherish the freedoms you inherited guys, you, your parents, grandparents and great grandparents didn't have to live in opression.
And of course, f Communism
