![Cold War Project on X: "#OnThisDay Hungary and the USSR compete in water polo at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the famous "Blood in the Water" match https://t.co/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X Cold War Project on X: "#OnThisDay Hungary and the USSR compete in water polo at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the famous "Blood in the Water" match https://t.co/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvyPy3-WYAAtYJO.jpg)
Cold War Project on X: "#OnThisDay Hungary and the USSR compete in water polo at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the famous "Blood in the Water" match https://t.co/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X
![In Memoriam 1956 - Hungary's Legendary Water Polo Team Spill Blood To Defeat Soviet Union - Video! - Hungary Today In Memoriam 1956 - Hungary's Legendary Water Polo Team Spill Blood To Defeat Soviet Union - Video! - Hungary Today](https://hungarytoday.hu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/asp_620_valogatott21.jpg)
In Memoriam 1956 - Hungary's Legendary Water Polo Team Spill Blood To Defeat Soviet Union - Video! - Hungary Today
![6th December 1956: 'Blood in the Water' Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary - YouTube 6th December 1956: 'Blood in the Water' Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HifAFvCKZJw/sddefault.jpg)
6th December 1956: 'Blood in the Water' Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary - YouTube
![Ervin Zador, Hungraian Water Polo player, leaving the pool after a match at the 1956 Olympics against the Soviet Union. Two weeks before, the Soviet invaded Hungary and fighting was still going Ervin Zador, Hungraian Water Polo player, leaving the pool after a match at the 1956 Olympics against the Soviet Union. Two weeks before, the Soviet invaded Hungary and fighting was still going](https://i.redd.it/4k662xjas3b71.jpg)