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The national flag of Hungary (Magyarország zászlaja) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and green. In this exact form, it has been the official flag of Hungary since 23 May 1957. The flag's form originates from national republican movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, while its colours are from the Middle Ages.
Austria-Hungary was more urbanized (25%) [5] than its main direct opponents in the First World War, like the Russian Empire (13.4%), [6] Serbia (13.2%) [7] and Romania (18.8%). [8] Furthermore, the Austro-Hungarian Empire also had a more industrialized economy [ 9 ] and higher GDP per capita [ 10 ] than the Kingdom of Italy, which was ...
21 March – 1 August 1919 Flag of the Hungarian Soviet Republic: A plain red flag. 1:2 2:3 2 August – 6 August 1919 Flag of the Hungarian People's Republic A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the crownless small ("Károlyi") coat of arms in the center. 1:2 2:3 August 1919 – mid/late 1946
Flag of the Grand Prince from the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (895) Flag of King Saint Stephen of Hungary; Flag of the Árpád dynasty: the Árpád stripes; Flag of the Árpádian kings from the late 12th century: the double cross on three hills; Flag of the Anjou kings of Hungary; Flag of János Hunyadi, regent of ...
The "double" civil ensign, as a symbol of "corporate identity", was also used as the consular flag, as decreed on 18 February 1869. It came into use on 1 August 1869. Legations, however, flew the black-and-gold flag of Austria alongside the red-white-green flag of Hungary, while embassies flew the two national flags alongside the imperial ...
Although the Kingdom of Hungary comprised only 42% of the population of Austria–Hungary, [50] the thin majority – more than 3.8 million soldiers – of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces were conscripted from the Kingdom of Hungary during the First World War. Roughly 600,000 soldiers were killed in action, and 700,000 soldiers were wounded ...
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, [1] [notes 1] were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria; this was also known as the Quadruple Alliance.
The Allies, the Entente or the Triple Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).