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Hungary
Hungary is a country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe which comprises of only land. It is bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. The capital is Budapest. It has an area of 93,030 square kilometers and a population size of 10,031,000. Ask any questions about the geography, history and local religion and culture of this country.
1,474 Questions
What caused Hitler to hate the Hungarians?
The question presumes that Hitler hate all of those categories of people: Jews, Egyptians, Americans, and Hungarians. This is not the case. Going back to front, Hitler had no issue at all with Hungarians. He saw them as a lesser race than the Nordic/Aryan Race that he considered to be the highest apex of humanity, but believed that the Hungarians were an acceptable "White Race". Similarly, Hitler saw White Americans as being an acceptable White Race, especially since a large percentage of Americans were ethnic Germans. Hitler was racist towards African-Americans, but considering that African-Americans were quite repressed in the United States at the time, especially in the South with Jim Crow, Hitler did not see the presence of African-Americans as a true issue. As concern Egyptians, he considered Egyptians, like all Arabs, as a subhuman race, but one with which he could have open and honest relations since Germany had no real ambitions in controlling the Islamic World and because they shared Jew-hatred with Hitler.
As for the Jews, yes, Hitler hated them vehemently. Hitler provided numerous rationales during that period as to why he believed that the Jews were worthy of hate. However, the only person qualified to answer this question fully and accurately, without speculation, (Hitler) killed himself on April 30, 1945. Various contributors have stated that the following were some of the reasons that Hitler claimed to hate the Jews:
1) Superiority of the German People: Hitler believed that the Germans as a "race" of Nordic of peoples were superior in all ways to all non-German people. Since the Jews were not a Nordic people, Hitler reviled them (as he reviled the Romani, Slavs, and other ethnic minorities).
2) Decay of the German State: During the 1800s, Jews began to become more integrated in German National Life. They served in its government, its military divisions, and its industry. As was typical of Western Europe, the Jews had more of a hand in the higher echelons of government than their population percentage would account for. The Nazis saw this increasing Jewish percentage in the government as a slow takeover of German policy and a corruption of the German people. They contrasted the great victories under Bismarck with the depressing failure of World War I and noted how a much larger percentage of soldiers in the latter war were Jewish. There was also the sentiment than in the early 20th century, values were beginning to ebb (this is similar to current politics in the United States) and the Jewish integration in the German apparatus (becoming teachers, lawyers, doctors, etc.) was to blame for this recession of values as opposed to modernity as a process.
3) Nationalism: Germany was brought together under the Nationalist conception that all peoples with German culture, history, and language should be united regardless of which principality currently held control. The German self-conception also had an ethnic component, holding that the perfect German was blond and blue eyed. Regardless of the fact that the majority of Germans were dark haired, Jews stuck out like a sore thumb because they overwhelmingly had darker hair. In addition, the idea of a German Jew was still rather new and both Jews and non-Jews tended to see the Jews in Germany as being part of a vast Jewish network and that these Jews just happened to be in Germany. The Nazis capitalized on this cosmopolitan sensibility by claiming that Jews' allegiances were not to the German State, but to secret Jewish Councils organizing world events.
4) Economy: Whether it was true or not, there was perception among Germans and the Nazis in particular that Jews were wealthy individuals and had a higher per-capita income than the Germans. In many ways (because of the above two reasons) Germans felt that the Jews were "stealing" their money while they were poor and suffering. Adolf Hitler blamed the Jewish population for the social and economic problems of the era. A popular anti-Semitic belief was that Jewish families were shrewd and sought to control the wealth of a community at the expense of other members in the community. This being the case he thought that the world would be a better place if the Jews were no longer in charge of finance.
5) Pseudo-Science: The late 19th and early 20th century was filled with radical new ideas concerning Social Darwinism. It was believed by the Pseudo-Scientific community (which was rather in vogue) that different groups of people or races exhibited different emotional traits that were linked to physical differences. This led to the belief that Jews were corrupt and thieving by their irreversible nature and that they could not be "cured" and brought up as proper Europeans. This formalized Racial Anti-Semitism in Germany and made the situation much more dire for German Jews.
6) Heresy/Christian Anti-Semitism: Although not as much an issue in World War II as it may have been 500 years prior, Jews were still considered the heretics who murdered the LORD and Savior. This helped to justify Anti-Semitism as the Jewish comeuppance for their accepting of the "Christ Bloodguilt". Jews were called Christ-killers by the Nazis, as they had by most Christian churches for centuries, and that was behind a lot of the hatred. This existed regardless of the fact that the Bible names the Jews as God's Chosen people first.
7) Hitler's Ambition: Adolf Hitler was very ambitious. His dream was to see Germany at the top. After the First World War he became more and more ambitious. He blamed the Jews for the misery and suffering of Germans. Moreover, he held Jews responsible for the loss of World War I. He claimed that they held high position and were very rich. This was one of reason for his hatred for the Jews.
8) Populism: Adolf Hitler's "hatred" of the Jews was one of the tools he used to convince the people of Germany that he knew the source of their economic problems and that he was the person who could correct the situation. He chose to use the long standing antisemitism in Germany to gain the people's support.
9) Anti-Semitic Childhood: When Hitler was studying Art in Munich as a teenager he was rejected from the academy he wished to attend and for some reason, he blamed it on the city's Jewish population. He was also brought up in an anti-Semitic family (at least some believe).
10) Foreigners: Hitler argued that the German Jews were not 'native' members of the country and should not be able to enjoy the benefits of citizenship. Their motives would be suspect as their loyalty was to something other than Germany. (Of course, this argument has been used against all minorities and is equally fatuous as concerns the Jews.)
11) Communism: Hitler alleged that the Jews were the primary supporters of Communists and thus also considered them in bed with his political opposition. (It should be noted that there is NO credible evidence the Jews were the main supporters of Communism, and this is yet another stereotype used by bigots for decades.)
the Soviet Union
Several factors contributed to Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic successfully transitioning to market economies, such as their experience with market reforms in the past. Capitalism was also embraced by the entrepreneurial class, and governmental policies remained flexible.
What were the fascists doing to the Jews in budapest?
In Budapest during World War II, particularly from 1944 onwards, fascist groups, notably the Arrow Cross Party, carried out violent persecution against the Jewish population. They implemented measures such as forced labor, confiscation of property, and mass deportations to concentration camps, where many Jews were murdered. The Arrow Cross regime also conducted street roundups, leading to killings and the establishment of ghettos. This brutal campaign contributed to the significant loss of Jewish life in Hungary during the Holocaust.
Why was there opposition to Soviet control in Hungary?
When faced with opposition the USSR would always send in the tanks.
Who was the first communist leader of Hungary?
it was béla kun. in Hungarian "kun béla" kun = pronounce like 'p(u)sh'
Their regime was based on the so-called 'red terror'. They ve only ruled for 133 days. Later in the coming kommunist and socialist times it was called 'Glorious 133 days':D However it was almost useless. Economy was bankrupted, standard of living was decreasing.rights were promised but not gave. Holidays were arranged for childrens :) and the salary of the labour workers were rised...They also got new homes...(the homes of the 'internateds'.
They were followed by the right winged/fascist Horthy era.... They also used terror... it was called the 'white terror' just as bad....
What country would you cross if you traveled between Hungary and Poland?
Well depends on what route you would take but the shortest country crossing route from US to poland is 3 countries
Through france then germany and then poland but how the americans in ww2 got to poland is traveling through 9 countries in a wide range
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech republic and slovakia but of course they did had help from the british
How did the soviet union deal with the Hungarian and Czechoslovakian uprisings?
The Soviet Union had formed the Warsaw Pact as a reaction to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. One crucial rule of the Pact was that the Eastern Bloc of nations were all communist and if one were to step out it would not get any support (military or financially) anymore.
Anyhow, nearing the year 1991, communism looked weak in many of those nations (such as Hungary e.a.). As a result, the Soviet Union used its gigantic Red Army to spread fear around.
What was Hungary's involvement in World War 2?
They sided with Germany. The story of Hungary in WWII as an Axis partner, like all stories, has its roots in the History preceding it. Hungary found itself demoralized and destroyed after the 1918 break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the end of WWI. Following the break-up, Hungary fell into a state of chaos, being led by a number of ineffectual Governments until a Communist named Bela Kun proclaimed a Soviet Hungarian Republic. The period following this takeover was known in Hungary as the "Red Terror". In 1919, Vice-Admiral Miklos Horthy, the last Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, raised an army which overthrew the Communist Republic.
In 1920 Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon, and in the process, lost a good deal of its territory to the Nations around it. This Treaty, although giving Hungary independance, also gave a good deal of territory to neighboring Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. This treaty also mandated things like the size of the standing army; 35,000 officers and men divided into 7 mixed brigades*, headquarter troops and a Danube Naval Flotilla. Under the provisions of this Treaty, tanks, artillery and an air force were also prohibited.
In attempts to regain stability in the years preceeding WWII, Hungary, under the leadership of Horthy, strived to find alliances that would benefit their attempt at regaining lost territory. After searching in vain to England and France, in 1927 Hungary signed another treaty, this time with its former enemy from WWI, Italy. This opened the door even more** for Hungarian support of the Axis cause.
In the 1930's Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Gombos pulled Hungary even more towards the Axis camp by signing a trade agreement with Germany. As a result of this agreement, in time, Hungary found itself in better economic and political footing. As Hungary began to re-establish itself politically and economically, it also began to thrive socially, and a seemingly open-minded Horty was not oppresive of emerging left or right wing groups. In this air of acceptance many groups began to form that were sympathetic to or emulated the German National Socialists.
From 1938 to 1941, Hungary began to regain its lost territory, either through political means, or through limited military actions. In 1938 Hungary regained areas previously incorporated into the region of Slovakia. In 1939, an 8th mixed brigade was formed, and then all mixed brigades were expanded to corps. Another corps was then added, a Mobile Corps, as well as a new airforce. In March of 1939 the 8th Corps and the Mobile Corps occupied Czechoslovakian Ruthenia. Also in 1939, Hungary joined the Anti-Comintern Pact along with Germany, Italy and Japan. When Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939, Hungary declared itself neutral, although it had been mobilizing its forces since 1938.
In 1940, Rumania was forced by Germany to give back Northern Transylvania. At this time, a 9th Corp was formed that now borderd on the Rumanian frontier in the Carpithian Mountains region.
The Nine Corps areas of Hungary each raised three Dandar or Light Divisions, each with one front-line infantry regiment and one reserve infantry regiment, each of three battalions; a two battalion artillery regiment of 24 guns; a cavalry troop, anti-aircraft company, and a signals company. The Corps themselves also had one motorized infantry battlion, often mounted on bikes, as well as anti-aircraft, engineer and signals battalions. As well as these units, Hungary also fielded Mountain and Border Guard brigades, labour battalions, so-called "Life Guard", Crown Guard, and Parliament Guard units. Hungary was at the time in theory, if not in practice, considered to be a Monarchy with the associated Royal functions and positions; this is why the Hungarian units usually had "Royal" in their titles).
The full order of battle at this time consisted of the following units:
Also in 1940, Hungary created 3 Army Commands that would then control the various Corp formations located throughout the Nation. At the time of the creation of the new Army Commands, the Hungarian Army consisted of the following units:
Formation Location 1st ArmyKolozsvar 2nd Army Budapest 3rd ArmyPecs I.Army Corps Budapest II.Army Corps Szekesfehervar III.Army CorpsSzombathely IV.Army Corps Pecs V.Army Corps Szeged VI.Army Corps DebrecenVII.Army Corps Miskolc VIII.Army CorpsKassa IX.Army Corps Kolozsvar Mobile Corps Budapest
Finally, in 1941, German and Italy attempted to bring Hungary into a Military alliance. To do this, they offered Hungary the return of more territory that had been taken in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. In April of 1941, Germany entered into Hungarian territory to prepare for the invasion of Yugoslavia. In so doing, they requested the aid of Hungary, who then mobilized the Hungarian 3rd Army. For the invasion of Yugoslavia, Hungary fielded the following units into the disputed territories that Yugoslavia controlled:
3rd Hungarian Army I.Army Corps
1st Infantry Brigade
13th Infantry Brigade
15th Infantry Brigade
IV.Army Corps
2nd Infantry Brigade
10th Infantry Brigade
12th Infantry Brigade
V.Army Corps
14th Infantry Brigade
19th Infantry Brigade
2nd Cavalry Brigade
Rapid Corps
1st Cavalry Brigade
1st Motorized Brigade
2nd Motorized Brigade
On June 27th, 1941, after Germany had invaded the Soviet Union, Hungary formally declared war against the Soviet Union and became a full Axis partner to German and Italy. The pattern for this declaration had been set many years before, and the final impetus for the move is said to have come when the Hungarian city of kassa was bombed, supposedly by Russian aircraft. According to Andris Kursietis, debate regarding this event is still occuring, and blame can not be placed firmly on any one source, although some have placed the blame on Germany in a scheme to draw Hungary into the war. Whom ever is to blame, the end result was a far reaching one, as it pulled Hungary firmly into the Axis forces.
(*According to Andris Kursietis, an acknowledged authority on the Hungarian armed forces, the term "mixed brigade" was a misnomer. It was in fact, a cover name for an army corps. Each of the 7 so-called mix brigades were actually corps, with the units making up their parts actually being brigades waiting to be formed. It was through this process that Hungary had prepared itself for mobilization in time of need, against the grain of the imposed Allied restrictions of the Treat of Trianon.)
(**So far, the removal of Hungarian territory and the experiances of the "Red Terror" in 1918 had provided the imputus for Hungary to move towards the Axis camp during the years preceeding WWII. With the Alliance with Italy in 1927 and later economic consessions towards Germany, Hungary became a very real potential member of the Axis forces.)
Who were allies with Hungary during World War 2?
Hungary during World War II was generally opportunistic and a reluctant member of the Axis powers.[1] In the 1930s Hungary relied on increased trade with Germany to pull itself out of the Great Depression. By 1938 Hungarian politics had shifted to the right and its foreign policy had become increasingly pro-German and pro-Italian. After a negotiated settlement regarding territorial disputes with Slovakia and under subsequent pressure from Germany, Hungary joined the Axis in 1940. Although initially hoping to avoid direct involvement in the war, Hungary's participation soon became inevitable and Hungarian forces followed Germany's invasion into the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa in 1941. While waging war against the Soviets, Hungary engaged in secret peace negotiations with the United States and Great Britain. Hitler discovered this betrayal and in 1944 German forces occupied Hungary. When Soviet forces began threatening Hungary, an armistice was signed between Hungary and Russia by Regent Miklós Horthy. Soon after, Horthy's son was kidnapped by German commandos and Horthy was forced to revoke the armistice and was then deposed from power. In 1945 Hungarian and German forces in Hungary were defeated by invading Soviet armies. Approximately 300,000 Hungarian soldiers and 80,000 civilians died during World War II and many cities were damaged, most notably the capital of Budapest. Most Jews in Hungary were protected from the Holocaust for the first few years of the war. However from 1944 onwards (mostly during German occupation) Jews and Roma were deported and over 200,000 exterminated in concentration camps.[2] Hungary's borders were returned to their pre-1938 status after its surrender.
What are the capitals of Poland Ukraine and Hungary?
The capital of Poland is Warsaw.
The capital of the Ukraine is Kiev.
The capital of Hungary is Budapest.
What year did Hitler invade Hungary?
Hungary joined the Axis in 1940. In 1944, however, when the country tried to pull out of the war it was occupied by the Germans. To further elucidate the above answer: on March 19, 1944, Germany invaded Hungary to install a pro-nazi puppet government. The invasion was in response to Hungary's attempt to get out of the war by withdrawing its troops from the Eastern Front.
What was the invasion of Hungary?
first answer:
When Germany invaded Hungary in 1944, Hungary had to be absorbed into the "axis countries". Hungary was then coerced to focus its economic capability and industrial assets to strengthening the Nazi.
second answer:
Germany invaded Hungary after Hungary tried to switch sides. Hungary was allied to Hitler (part of the axis) starting in 1941. Hungary's first step as a part of the Axis was during the German, Italian & Hungarian invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Later, starting in 1941 the Hungarians joined Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Then in 1944 as the Soviets pushed Axis forces back westward towards Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria, these three nations tried to switch sides to appease Stalin, which angered Hitler. Bottom Line: Hungary was an Axis partner of Hitler throughout most of the war and had been assisting Hitler economically and sending Jews to German run death camps. The German invasion of Hungary in 1944 was not a major factor in the outcome of the war or a real factor in Hungary's post-war experiences.
The Soviet Union dealt with uprisings in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia during the 1950s and 1960s with wars. Many losses occurred when troops were brought in. Troops were ultimately deployed to deal with any type of uprising.
How did each country to resist soviet rule Hungary?
The European countries that were successful in resisting the Soviets joined NATO. NATO was successful because it had more nuclear weapons than the Soviets had, as well as having a system of government that was economically superior to communism.
Why did Poland and Hungary revolt against the USSR?
The leaders in Poland and Hungary both wished to follow a different path to socialism.
Why did the Germans invade Hungary?
The short answer is: to prevent Austria from passing a law that would prevent it from unifying with Germany.
The longer answer with the background info:
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, as Nazism grew in popularity in Germany, it likewise grew in neighboring Austria. Just after Adolf Hitler and the Nazis took control of Germany in early 1933, an Austrian leader named Engelbert Dollfuss became the chancellor of Austria. He was worried that Austrian Nazis would push for Austria to join Germany (even though the treaties ending World War I had forbidden it), so he formed a new political party called the "Fatherland Front" and made himself into a dictator in a manner very similar to Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy. This was nicknamed "Austrofascism".
Due to the similarity between Austrofascism and Fascism, the two dictators (Dollfuss and Mussolini) became friends, and Mussolini sought to prevent Germany from trying to annex Austria. In July 1934, Nazis murdered Dollfuss, and Italy nearly went to war with Germany over it. Austrian Nazis attempted to take over Austria in the aftermath of the assassination, but were defeated when the military said they would simply blow up the building they were in. The new chancellor, Kurt Schuschnigg, continued Dollfuss's Austrofascist dictatorship.
The Austrian Nazis did not quit however. They continued trying to take control of Austria so that it could be merged with Germany. In March 1938, Schuschnigg had had enough of their trouble-making, and decided to let the Austrian people vote to decide to permanently forbid Austria from joining Germany. However, he included rules that made it difficult for Austrian Nazis to vote, and these Nazis basically went to Hitler to complain.
In the years between 1935 and 1938, Mussolini had become friends with Hitler, so Italy was no longer strongly backing Austria's independence. Freed from outside interference, Hitler issued an ultimatum to Schuschnigg: cancel the vote, or Germany will invade. Schuschnigg refused to cancel the vote, and the day before the election, Germany's military invaded. Schuschnigg ordered his military not to resist, because it would've led to a bloody war that Austria couldn't win. Austrian Nazis enthusiastically greeted the invading German troops, which caused the invasion to be nicknamed the "Blumenkrieg" ("Flower War").
On April 10, 1938 (just a few weeks after the invasion), Hitler held his own election in Austria, in which the Austrians would instead vote on whether or not to join Germany. The election was not really a fair election- ballots were not done in secret, and government officials stood watch to make sure that everyone voted "correctly". The vote wound up passing in favor of unification by 99.7%- a sure sign of a fraudulent election. But the vote counted, and Austria was officially annexed by Germany.
What Hungary's favorite sport?
The favourite sport is still football (soccer), despite the Hungarian fans sufferred quite a lot in the last 50 years because of the uninterrupted, continuous disintegration of this once very successful sport. Other popular sports are handball, basketball and waterpolo
How did the results of the 1965 uprising in Poland and Hungary differ?
Nikita Khrushchev responded with troops and tanks to the uprising in Hungary.
Hungarian city invaded by soviets in 1956?
Answer 1
During WWII Hungary was one of the Axis countries, with own fascist government. Hungary rebellion of 1956 was planned mostly by British MI6 (secret service) - i.e. rebels were trained on Austria territory. The goal of rebellion was to destabilise Warsaw pact. So , Soviet Union was trying to prevent chaos in Eastern Europe. That was much alike USA invasion to North Korea, Vietnam, Grenada and Afghanistan after 9/11.
Answer 2
The Communist Party of Hungary was controlled by the Soviet Union. The people there sought freedom from a repressive regime. The Soviet Union feared any possibility of freedom in Hungary and Eastern Europe.
Who was the leader of Hungary during World War 2?
(Admiral) Miklos Horthy (1868-1957) was nominally the Regent of Hungary from 1920-44, and for most purposes the dictator. In 1944 he was kidnapped by the SS and taken to Bavaria because he tried to negotiate a separate peace with the Soviet Union. The 100% Nazi 'Arrow' Party then seized power and continued fighting. Hungary was an Axis country and therefore on the German side.
