Hungary during World War II

After the First World War Hungary was left humiliated. Desperate times asked for desperate measures. The result was an alignment with Nazi Germany. It turned out to be a disaster. In this video you will learn about Hungary during the Second World War.
History Hustle presents: Hungary during World War II
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Recorded on the 21nd of July 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.
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[@HistoryHustle]

Why Hungary joined the Axis: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJzNkKqnadaNg6c

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Good video. Hungary is an interesting country it was the only Axis country where Germany successfully kept them in the war when they tried to pull out in early 1944.

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes indeed. Only looking at this video now I see how I wanna make a more indepth video, since there is so much to tell about Hungary in WW2. Perhaps in the future. Thanks for watching anyway:)

[@andraspalanki6173]

Its only because of the French baguettes, who would not approve the 1920 democratic government, and therefore give place to communism and fascism. And abut the German occupation, there is a joke: Hitler: How much time would it take to occupy Hungary if they wanted to switch sides? His general: 10 hours. Hitler: And what if they resisted? General: 2. Hitler: why? General: There wont be any welcoming ceremony.

[@denest3435]

Great video thank you for this. Hungarian casualties at Stalingrad are estimated at 140.000. The right wing Horthy refused to let Hungarian Jewish population be deported by Germans. Untill in February 1944 Germans invaded Hungary. Hungary in 1944 had the largest population of freely living Jewish people, around 600000. Under Eichmann mass deportations starrred. Even then after a few months Horthy ordered the deportations to stop, SS Troops under Skorcenzy arrested Horthy and they held Horthys son in in ransom and forced him to abdicate. Under Szalasi and Eichmann the deportations started again unfortunately , and also mass killings in Budapest.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for the additional info!

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

@@HistoryHustle Hungarians, especially ones that lived through WW2 will tell you that while Horthy was in power there was no physical war in Hungary. Horthys eldest son Istvan was an air force officer and Deputy Regent on the Russian front. He was totally against the Nazi's policy towards the Jews. He even wrote letters to his father from the Eastern Front expressing his disagreement. Soon after he died in an "ACCIDENTAL" plane crash.

[@touncy1533]

can remember as a kid, reading adult ww2 books, reading about the murders on the riverfront.. know the entire war was violent, but as a kid whose dad boated, every weekend.. for yrs, to this day pushing 50yrs later i always think of those ppl whenever standing on a river/lake bank/shore.. stuck w/me

[@HistoryHustle]

It sure has a dark history yes.

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

Prof Stefan the Jewish monument with all of the shoes lined up on the rivers edge must have really been something to see. It looks like one of those monuments that really leaves an impact

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes indeed. Actually today I will visit Budapest again.

[@F1uffysquads_]

This really helped with my project thxs❤❤

[@user-vt1tv1he2m]

Great video thank you. I don't make much money and your channel is one of the few that lets me travel the world.

[@HistoryHustle]

Great! Thank you for watching.

[@iliketapirs2299]

Again,sadly an underrated video :(

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks, and again, feel free to share:)

[@sbarr10]

Stefan, it worries me so much when I hear Holocaust deniers. Thank you so much for this channel. Except for US history, I wasn't much of a history buff when I was a teenager but now that I am in my 60's I can't get enough of world history.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching. I have made recent more indepth videos on Hungary during WW2. This one for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZKyiZmtlqZjfdksi=fCFk9-8SmnkTH9Y0

[@edp-xo1on]

Everyone talking about how Italy switched side when Hungary did the exact same thing

[@HistoryHustle]

True but unsuccessful. Romania did it with success.

[@healththenopulence5106]

History Hustle I don’t consider romania getting what they wanted by switching sides. At least italy switched sides and got recognised as a co-beligerent and recieved a better peace treaty. Romania switched sides, did more fighting and was still considered a loser at the peace talks. When Romania switched sides, it’s army was stripped of heavy weapons and put under soviet command which deliberately ran the army to the ground. They sent the romanians on the front line where there was the biggest carnage as a revenge but also to destroy it’s military to make romania easier to conquer after the war. Romania sustained 170k casualties during 9 months of fighting with the soviets, being the fourth allied army in europe. As a comparasion the same ammount of losses were taken while fighting 4 years with the germans and loosing at stalingrad. So romania in my opinion did not succesfully switch sides as it didn’t even get recognised as a co-beligerent but as a losing party. Even with so much sacrifice late war for the allies.

[@andraspalanki6173]

You talk like Hungary switched sides :'D You might have typoed Romania there. (The did that in both wars)

[@kkkkk9815]

Hungary didt even switched sides 😂

[@laistvan2]

Horthy tried it in 15 October 1944 but Germans oversmarted and helped Szalasi to take the power(they did not support him until the end).

[@makachigta5930]

0.35 what kind of gun? Photoshopped?

[@HistoryHustle]

I don't see guns on 0.35. On the previous photo you see French soldiers with carbine Berthier I believe.

[@sanmaz1019]

It is a Danuvia 39m a tipical Hungarian gun in WW2. In Hungary we call it: király géppisztoly=king submachine gun. It is one of the best weapon in the Hungarian army in WW2.

[@makachigta5930]

@@HistoryHustle Thanks great hustle

[@makachigta5930]

@@sanmaz1019 Thanks. Im gonna look it up.

[@internetstrangerstrangerofweb]

I wish you would have gone more in-depth into what exactly caused Hungary and a Horthy himself to align with the axis. Also, Ferenc was an agrarian national socialist. Not a fascist.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for the correction. I sure want to make a more indepth episode about this topic.

[@internetstrangerstrangerofweb]

@@HistoryHustle No problem. Thanks for bringing a small country like Hungary to light. Not a lot of people talk about them!

[@HistoryHustle]

You're welcome

[@jamesjross]

Its interesting. Maybe it wasn't the leader who was facist. Maybe the Grandparents of people who vote for Viktor Orban had something to do with it.

[@hubertbagtas9029]

this video kind a interesting but how about [Hungary] Cold War when covid-19 end.

[@HistoryHustle]

Please check kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqfWg4eBorJ5rrc

[@AxianMapping]

Horthy was based, Szálasi, ehhh, he tried to defend Hungary with all he got but he also commited a lot of attrocities. I'm mixed on him.

[@HistoryHustle]

Is this also how Hungarians today look at it?

[@AxianMapping]

@@HistoryHustle Mostly yes I would say, we don't hate Szálasi that much for one reason and that's because the Soviets were worse than him, but we still look at him as the bad guy because of what he did.

[@AxianMapping]

@@HistoryHustle Horthy on the other hand. Some people think he was a nazi, which I disagree with, but others praise him for getting power back from the Hungarian Soviets and for negotiating with our neighbours for territories.

[@haunebu8135]

@@HistoryHustle "Dear People's Court! This trial lasts for the third week and the people of Hungary accuse Ferenc Szálasi and his comrades of the murder they committed against the nation on October 15th, 1944. [...] Hungarian history hasn't been and will not be a more dastardly, darker, and more villainous traitor to his homeland than Ferenc Szálasi. When, on October 15th a nation, which was dead-tired and had enough of the war, was forced to continue the fight." "Please, Honorable People's Judges! Me, as a Christian Hungarian man, I must say that all the many sufferings that the Jewry has suffered innocently, all that has happened to the Jews, were nasty attacks on Hungarian national honor and prestige, which insults trampled this country into the worst, the worst opinion in front of the neutral foreign counties, and because of this, at the peace treaty you [hungarists] have greatly damaged our already very weak trenches."

[@VikingLord101]

28 comments with 5k views?

[@HistoryHustle]

I know...

[@VikingLord101]

@@HistoryHustle Would Horthy ever face a trial tho I know the soviets never gave him a trial but if the Americans occupied Hungary would be face a trial?

[@HistoryHustle]

Can't tell.

[@laistvan2]

June 1944 Hungary joined to Axis(Germany, Romania, Slovakia etc.) attack against Sovietunion 19 March 1944 German occupation of Hungary prevent to switch side(Jewis deportation started from East to West in countryside) August 1944 Horthy stopped deportation from the capital. Romania switched side to Soviets. 29 August Soviet troops reached Hungarian border(Kartpathian mountains) 15 October 1944 Horthy tried to switch side but failed. Szalasi+German coup d' etate and made new government (Soviets came from South and reached Tisza river). Tank battle near Debrecen. Dec 1944- 15 Feb 1945 Siege of Budapest (during this uncontrolled Arrow cross gangs made the mass executions and shoes shown about it on Danube river bank). End of 1944 counter-goverment established in Debrecen. War declaration against Germany. March 1945 battles at Székesfehérvár(4 times occupied by soviet and reoccupied by German troops) . Last German offensive in WW2. End of April Soviets occupied whole Hungary.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for the additional information. I'm planning to cover Hugnary's WW2 history more indepth. I already made a start with two videos: Why Hungary Joined the Axis: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJzNkKqnadaNg6c Why Hungary Joined Operation Barbarossa: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqfYfoRshLtneKM

[@laistvan2]

@@HistoryHustle Ok! It is good idea! It is a long story what and why happened. Small countries wanted to get territories for themselves and made alliances because of this with Hitler, who liked to see them racing for his support. Hungary scared if they don't join to attak USSR, than Romania and Slovakia get back their territories what Hungary reoccupied by help of Germany(and USSR did with Romania in 1939 to get back Moldavia(Bessarabia)). When situation changed those countries changed side to get territories by Soviet support.

[@strategymaster9048]

You a Hungery?

[@HistoryHustle]

I'm Dutch 🇳🇱