I don't know most details of the 1956 uprising in Hungary:
"The U.S. President, Dwight Eisenhower, was aware of a detailed study of Hungarian resistance which recommended against U.S. military intervention, and of earlier policy discussions within the National Security Council which focused upon encouraging discontent in Soviet satellite nations only by economic policies and political rhetoric."In a 1998 interview, Hungarian Ambassador Géza Jeszenszky was critical of Western inaction in 1956, citing the influence of the United Nations at that time and giving the example of UN intervention in Korea from 1950 to 1953.
"During the uprising, the Radio Free Europe (RFE) Hungarian-language programs broadcast news of the political and military situation, as well as appealing to Hungarians to fight the Soviet forces, including tactical advice on resistance methods.
"After the Soviet suppression of the revolution, RFE was criticized for having misled the Hungarian people that NATO or United Nations would intervene if the citizens continued to resist."
What I do know is that President Eisenhower was Roosevelt's choice to command allied forces, and he accepted FDR's basic deal with Stalin: the Soviets got a free hand in Eastern Europe.
Remember, this deal was first made early in the war, at a time when Hitler controlled virtually all of Europe. So Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agreed amongst themselves -- when the war was over, the Soviets would get the East, the western allies the rest of Europe.
The poor Hungarians didn't get the word. Reminds me of today's Iranian protestors appealing to President Obama for help, asking: are you with us or with them? I'm told, in Iranian, that's a word play on his name.
Well, "Eisenhower" comes from the German for iron worker. But like President Obama, Eisenhower did very little to confront the empire of Russia's "man of steel."
What the Americans did was worse than inaction. Franco wanted to supply the freedom fighters with anti-tank guns via air drops. He needed to refuel the planes at western air bases, however. The Americans refused to allow the Spanish to land for refueling. So the betrayal was active, not passive.
Eisenhower was George Marshall’s choice to command Overlord [when Roosevelt wouldn’t give the job to Marshall]. FDR went along with Marshall’s choice.