In What Eastern Bloc Nation Did the Soviet Union Crush

question 21

Multiple Choice

In what Eastern bloc nation did the Soviet Union crush attempts at political reform in 1956,while Western governments were preoccupied with events in Egypt?

• A)East Germany
• B)Hungary
• C)Poland
• D)Czechoslovakia
• E)Romania

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