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The Hungarian Second Army (Második Magyar Hadsereg) was one of three field armies raised by the Kingdom of Hungary which saw action during World War II. All three armies were formed on March 1, 1940. The Second Army was the best-equipped Hungarian formation at the beginning of the war, but was virtually eliminated as an effective fighting unit ...
In 1945, Hungarian and German forces in Hungary were defeated by advancing Soviet armies. [ 5 ] Approximately 300,000 Hungarian soldiers and more than 600,000 civilians died during World War II, including between 450,000 and 606,000 Jews [ 6 ] and 28,000 Roma. [ 7 ] Many cities were damaged, most notably the capital Budapest.
The Hungarian Defence Forces (Hungarian: Magyar Honvédség, lit. 'Hungarian Homeland-Guard', Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈhonveːt͡ʃːeːg]) is the national defence force of Hungary. Since 2007, the Hungarian Armed Forces has been under a unified command structure. The Ministry of Defence maintains political and civil control over ...
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 22] during World War II.It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six years, starting with Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ending with the Western Allies conquering most of Western Europe, the Soviet Union conquering most of Eastern Europe including the German capital Berlin, and ...
Operation Panzerfaust (German: Unternehmen Panzerfaust, lit. 'Operation Armored Fist') was a military operation undertaken in October 1944 by the German Wehrmacht to ensure the Kingdom of Hungary would remain a German ally in World War II. When German dictator Adolf Hitler received word that Hungary's Regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy, was ...
Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli. The 2nd Army (German: k.u.k. 2. Armee), later designated East Army (German: Ost-Armee), was a field army-level command of Austro-Hungarian Army that was active during World War I. It was initially formed to take part in the Balkans Campaign before being transferred to the Eastern Front.
Italy. Hungary. Romania. The Second Vienna Award, also known as the Vienna Diktat, [1] was the second of two territorial disputes that were arbitrated by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. On 30 August 1940, they assigned the territory of Northern Transylvania, including all of Maramureș and part of Crișana, from Romania to Hungary.
1st Infantry Brigade (Hungary) 1st Motorised Brigade (Hungary) 1st Parachute Battalion (Hungary) 2nd Cavalry Brigade (Hungary) 2nd Infantry Brigade (Hungary) 2nd Motorised Brigade (Hungary) 9th Infantry Brigade (Hungary) 10th Infantry Brigade (Hungary) 11th Infantry Brigade (Hungary)