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Hungarian leader Miklós Horthy and German leader Adolf Hitler in 1938 Hungary's territorial changes. During World War II, the Kingdom of Hungary was a member of the Axis powers. [1] In the 1930s, the Kingdom of Hungary relied on increased trade with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany to pull itself out of the Great Depression.
In power, Gömbös moved Hungary towards a one-party government like those of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Pressure by Nazi Germany for extreme antisemitism forced Gömbös out and Hungary pursued antisemitism under its "Jewish Laws". Initially, the government passed laws restricting Jews to 20 percent in a number of professions.
Flag of the Supreme Warlord of the Royal Hungarian Defence Forces (1939-1945, on land) Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1944 List of wear Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1944.
Irredentism in the 1930s led Hungary to form an alliance with Hitler's Nazi Germany. Eva S. Balogh states: "Hungary's participation in World War II resulted from a desire to revise the Treaty of Trianon so as to recover territories lost after World War I. This was the basis for Hungary's interwar foreign policy." [8]
Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the crowned small coat of arms in the center. 1:2 2:3 1849 – 28 July 1867 Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary as part of the Austrian Empire A horizontal bicolor of black and yellow. 2:3 28 July 1867 – 1869 Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary
State Decorations, Office of the President of the Republic of Hungary; Hungary: Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (Civilian), Medals of the World; 1991 XXXI law enacting the order and cross of merit; 2011 CCII law (on the use of Hungary's coat of arms and flag, as well as awards) from njt.hu
On 7 Dec 1941, the United Kingdom declared war on Hungary who, in return, backed the German-Italian declaration of war on the United States on 13 Dec 1941. On 17 Jan 1942 Romania announced that they were participating in the 1942 campaign with two armies and, five days later, Hungary stated that they were ready to dispatch their own army.
Late in the Second World War, at the time of the joint coup d’état by which the German Nazis and the Arrow Cross Party overthrew the Regent of Hungary, Miklós Horthy (r. 1920–1944), the Red Army occupied most of the Kingdom of Hungary, which effectively limited the authority of the Government of National Unity to the city of Budapest and its environs as the Hungarian capital city.