The Eisenhower's administration decided to not intervene in the Hungary rebellion. Eisenhower made a mistake by failing to even attempt to airlift supplies to the embattled Freedom Fighters. The Soviets killed some forty thousand Hungarian “freedom fighters” before installing a more compliant leader in Hungary. They then hauled Nagy off to Moscow, where a firing squad executed him in 1958. It was a tragic ending to an independence movement that pleaded for the United States to back up its promise of “liberation” with force.
