Eisenhower foreign affairs

Hungarian uprising

1956 - Rakosi is overthrown and replaced by Nagy

Nagy a much more liberal leader announced hungry would be leaving the Warsaw pact,

1000 Russian tanks roll in to Budapest and Nagy is imprisoned, 4000 killed. Makes the US look weak as they did nothing

Warsaw pact

1955- military alliance between soviet allies

Sputnik

1957 - first satellite into space by USSR failure for USA as they are behind in the space race

U2 crisis

1959 - U2 spy plane shot down over USSR, piolot Garry powers is captured.

Makes USA look weak as Eisenhower lied about the plane and ussr now had proof of USA espionage.

Led to Kruschev walking out of Paris peace talks

Korean War

Ended in 1953, peace between north and South Korea along the 38th parallel with a DMZ

Quemoy and Matsu

1954 china bombed these uninhabited islands near Taiwan, under pressure Taiwan was promised help from USA if invasion occurred

CENTO - central treaty organisation

1955 - created by Dulles as a NATO parallel

SEATO - south East Asian treaty organisation

Created as a parallel to NATO in 1954

Suez crisis

1956 - Egypt’s leader nasser bourght weapons from the Czechs, Dulles then withdrew their financial aid

Nasser then nationalised the Anglo French Suez Canal. Israel, Britain and France then prepared military action occupying the canal but were forced to withdraw due to American pressure