Hungary for a new adventure – A soupçon of the 20th century – part 3

The previous post ended with the eruption of chaos and violence among the demonstrators in Kossuth Square, the AVH, and the Soviet Army. As reports spread about the events in Budapest, [Photo From Museum of the Hungarian Parliament]. so did …

Hungary for a new adventure – A soupçon of the 20th century – part 2

Maybe not better red than… The Second World War had ended. Hungary had signed the 1947 Treaty of Paris returning it to its pre-1938 borders. Unlike Yugoslavia where Tito’s Partisans had ruled the day, the Soviet Army played a major role …

Hungary for a new adventure – A soupçon of the 20th century

I ended the previous post when, some 18 months after the armistice that brought World War I to its close, Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon that left it not only considerably smaller in both area and population but substantially …