The 'History in an Hour' website is well worth a few visits, and it records here the dramatic events of the 1956 Hungarian Rising, eventually brutally suppressed by the Soviet Union in a manner clearly much appreciated by modern day Russia's Vladimir Putin, the ex-KGB spy (albeit a low ranking one) turned Russian president and would-be Soviet resurrector.The Soviet action in Budapest in November had a dramatic footnote at the Melbourne Olympics, in the water polo semi-final match between none other than Hungary and its oppressors, the Soviets. According to 'History in an Hour's' Rupert Colley, Hungary were the water-polo superpowers of the time, and having been in virtual isolation at the time their fellow Hungarians were being slaughtered in the streets by Soviet tanks, the water-polo players were determined to seek their revenge on their hated opponents. They won the vigorous match handily, although it was a young Hungarian player who eventually ended up with blood on his face, causing the match to be known as the 'blood in the water' match. Read about it here.
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