The German Invasion of Hungary (1944) - Operation Margarethe to Put Hungary Under German Occupation

[@HistoryHustle]

Why Hungary Joined the Axis: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJzNkKqnadaNg6c Why Hungary Joined Operation Barbarossa: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqfYfoRshLtneKM The Royal Hungarian Army in WW2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIDPqqt-pd-mrpY

[@tibihunnia9775]

A szittyák igazság kedvelő és szabadság szerető népek /Lívius

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

My best birthday gift every year I'm so hungry

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

My mom was 7 years old standing on the Budapest Margaret Bridge when German troops marched across as if on parade. She cheered because she said at the time it looked neat seeing the soldiers marching. Her nanny grabbed her arm and angrily told her to stop, and told her this is not a good thing. My dad told me not long after the German invasion is when the allies began to carpet bomb. British and Canadians by night and the Americans by day. He remembers before each bombing the railroad would pull all locomotives out of the Ferencvaros marshalling yard and put them on sidings in the surrounding neighborhoods. Thats how everyone knew the bombers were coming.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@LisaRichards_123]

While your mother thought it was “neat,” my family members terrified, as they were rounded up and shot for being Jewish.

[@timezero5949]

But your countrymen were happy to snatch up that land though right?

[@dino7307]

That's how everyone knew the bombers were coming, if they somehow did not hear the air raid announcement on radio and the blasting of air raid sirens! I live in Budapest, 2 minutes walking distance from one of the 3 main railway stations, yet I am not able to see, if any locomotive is leaving... The pulling out of locomotives as an air raid warning seems to be more an anecdote. According to several written reports, the first sign of an air raid was usually a radio announcement, that there is the danger of an air raid in the south of Hungary. Usually 10-20 minutes after this the air raid sirens would go go off in Budapest. Those, who could afford, left the inner city upon the radio announcement (not everybody could just leave anytime, it was still business as almost usual, you could not simply walk out of your job...), the rest could only take shelter, when the official warning was given. Somehow the carpet bombing of civilian tartgets is up to now only considered a war crime, when the germans did it. When it was done by the british and americans, it is just collateral damage...

[@edwardheida2919]

What I enjoy as much as your videos are the comments from those who write about their, their relatives and people they know, about experiences of each of the topics you pick. Your lessons bring out a truly living history amongst your viewers. Keep up your good work. From just an old guy in California. Ed

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you Ed. Yes, I agree, these comments are really interesting.

[@leomduffy794]

History is so important. I wish more people knew this.

[@eddieoi9444]

My Hungarian uncle fought the soviets when he was a teenager in 1956...

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing. What can you tell us about his experiences? How did he reflect on the war? If you wanna share, please do.

[@SimonCohn56]

mine too ,

[@njbobf]

My father, who served in the Hungarian army, told me of one of these ceremonial greatings. When the Germans entered, his unit greeted them at "present arms" with a flower in their gun barrels as a sign of peace. He said they knew they would not be able to fight them successfully. So if you can't fight 'em, join 'em i guess.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this. What else can you tell us about your father's experiences? Love to know!

[@njbobf]

@@HistoryHustle i had posted on a prior video where I mentioned he was at the battle of Ercsi crossing and fought in the Szekesvehervar theatre. I think I mentioned he was captured a few times by the Russians and escaped from a Russian POW camp the day before he was supposed to be hung. He killed a russian guard, escaped and was found by the British 4 days later. His description of the Ercsi crossing was exactly as was described in the book Battle of Budapest. He told of the bombing raids on the refineries around Szekesfehervar and individual skirmishes against russian troops. Unfortunately, as a kid i didn't ask too many questions. I was 17 when he told me of Ercsi and his prison escape. Other stories i heard in passing when he and others exchanged war stories. If anything else comes to mind, I'll let you know.

[@attilavajda2085]

@@njbobf Hello! There were no oil refineries around Székesfehérvár, but your dad could see the refineries built on Csepel Island. These are very close to Ercsi approx. 6-7 miles. The Shell-Csepel refinery was built on the island, the Fanto refinery located in Budapest on the Soroksár road. (I have an original Kriegsmarine drum with a Shell-Csepel drum cap. Big and useless, but a true relic for me. :) ) Székesfehérvár was one of the most important railway junctions in western Hungary, between two large lakes, in a swampy well-protected place. The last defendable place was in front of the small but valuable oil fields of western Hungary. There were huge battles for this area like Operation Konrad 2 and 3 to relive the capital, and the so-called last German attack in the war the Spring Awakening for securing the oil fields. My whole family lived here during the war, I heard a lot of stories from my grandparents. (sorry for the spellings or bad wording, I'm currently struggling with covid, I'm not in top shape right now)

[@cristianfrezza5333]

@@attilavajda2085 that’s fascinating, thanks for sharing! I just finished reading the chapter about the Hungarian theatre in volume VIII of Germany and the Second World War, by Krisztián Ungváry, so all these stories are a great addition haha.

[@njbobf]

Thanks for the correction. I had assumed Szekesverhvar given its relative proximity to Ercsi. But yes Csepel makes sense and that is what he would have seen. If you know any more about which units were at Ercsi I'd love to know. Sorry to hear about your health. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

I have my coffee and eyes and ears open ready for class professor Stefan! Wonderful video on this topic! I will be in Haarlem and Hoorn visiting family for 4 weeks starting next week I hope we can find time to meet up in Utrecht for a coffee!

[@HistoryHustle]

Sent me an e-mail 👍

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

@@HistoryHustle sounds good professor! I’ll contact you thru the patreon app when I get settled next week and see what your schedule is like

[@LongWarEnjoyer]

Hmmmm very gay

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

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[@novadhd]

Interesting stuff thank you. My grandfather was back and forth between Romania and Hungary during this time in various resistance movements. He was eventually captured by Iron Guard and sent off to the camps when he was in Budapest around 44.

[@HistoryHustle]

He must have seen a lot. Thanks for your reply!

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

I’ve been waiting for this video! I explored Hungary while attending University in Budapest for three years. Very well done video History Hustle!

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks!

[@gaborszadai1992]

Which Uni...?

[@luishernandezblonde]

Our Hungarian brothers might have sided with Nazis but Hungarians never let their souls corrupted by the Nazis. Hungary had sheltered Poles fleeing in WWII was an example 🇵🇱🇭🇺

[@HistoryHustle]

Next month the follow-up will be released!

[@dino7307]

When Hitler wanted Hungary to join in on the attack against Poland, but Horthy refused, stating, that no Hungarian soldier would raise arms against the Polish people. Hiltler then demanded to allow the german army transit through Hungary to attack Poland from south, but this was also strictly refused by Horthy, saying, it is a matter of honour to stand by our our Polish brothers! History might be starting to repeat itself once more, but we stand once again with you! Stay strong Poland! Greetings from Hungary!

[@janzzen9095]

Ever heard of operation höss? You should before making these comments.

[@dino7307]

@@janzzen9095 So the germans deported a large part of the Hungarian Jewish population AFTER they invaded Hungary and arrested anybody opposing them. And how is this Hungary's fault?

[@janzzen9095]

@@dino7307 The jews have been turned in by the Hungarians. "Hongarije erkent medeplichtigheid Jodenvervolging | Historiek" historiek.net/hongarije-erkent-medeplichtigheid-jodenvervolging/37341/amp/ And the antisemitic tendencies are still verry strong in Hungary. People are appy to tell you that it is a shame Hitler was not able to finish the job. Magyar nemzeti garda and Betyarserg still have disgusting views on Jewish and Roma cititzens.

[@Chemistry-Rocks]

Thank you so much for the great closed captioning. I really appreciate it.

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers! Put effort in it. Hope to continue it successfully.

[@gibraltersteamboatco888]

Thank you for another excellent video. BZ. Early in the war the Hungarian Government was well aware that the policies they were pursuing could become dangerous for them. Because of this, she sent $ 5 million to the United States. In the event that Hungary were occupied by the Germans, a government in exile was to be financed from it. Do you think they got it back?

[@HistoryHustle]

Good question, BZ! Can't tell. Anyone?

[@Makrangoncias]

In this case "Széll" is pronounced roughly as "sale". Just a heads up :)

[@HistoryHustle]

Check!

[@Skemr023]

Why do you say in this instance? Sz is "S" by default. When would Széll ever be pronounced as Zséll ?

[@gigikontra7023]

@@HistoryHustle it is a Kazakh word, check it out!

[@markmccummins8049]

Stefan: I love this video! As I have mentioned, I am a retired public school teacher. I do miss the classroom. These wonderful videos take me back.

[@HistoryHustle]

Great to read, Mark. Many thanks!

[@lopezmario4633]

This was really great and detailed. I learn something new every time I see your channel. Cheers from Chile!

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers! Soon more on this topic.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Thanks for this Stefan! I always got confused by this. Please cover the October 1944 scenario as well. Anyway, another great video Stefan! Keep up the great work!

[@HistoryHustle]

👍👍👍

[@bencetoth2670]

Thank you for your work! You make really good videos. As a Hungarian I hope more and more people see these videos and this way understand modern Hungary. Nations didn't change, Western Europe still don't understand us and want to be ruler.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. I agree that in Western Europe there should be more knowledge and understanding for Hungary's history.

[@steved2947]

The last Hungarian WW2 POW released from the Soviet Union was András Toma , he was sent back to Hungary in 2000. The reason was that the Soviets simply forgot about him LOL.

[@HistoryHustle]

In 2000? Wow!

[@bencedomina3734]

Excellent presentation professor!! I am from Hungary and there is few interesting things. The government planned to go to Debrecen or northern Transylvania if the Germans attacked and fought from there but they were afraid of the Romanian or Slovak attack so they did not implement this plan. There were minor shootings in the castle of Budapest. Many Hungarian military officers supported the Germans, not the government.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you for replying 👍

[@MrDino1953]

If anyone shoots me, I hope it’s a “minor shooting”.

[@otisfreeman8766]

Very interesting with many twists. Well done. Cheers.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Otis!

[@markokarko8043]

We can always depend on Professor Stefan to bring us both enriching and quality content. Thanks for your work Stefan!

[@HistoryHustle]

Awesome, Marko, thanks!

[@criskeller4679]

so interesting, My dad was in his teens at the time, I love learning new information as he came to the US when he was 29

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. What can you tell about his experiences?

[@ratkovac7]

Just a little note : Ferenc is not spelled "Ferenk" but "Ferentz" Great video yet again.

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, I stand corrected on that one. Thanks for watching!

[@DRFelGood]

Stephan, Thank You for sharing your deep knowledge with us. I’m always impressed with these details you present. 👍 =) Jesse

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks as always,Jesse!

[@AHOSE97HuN]

Detailed, objective and exciting as always.

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks. Next month the follow-up will be released!

[@Ramtin-Blue_rose]

I think I found someone to ask my question! By the year 1939 did Hungarians have the national identity without imagining Austria, or did Hungarians abondon the dream of unity with Austria all together at t he end of ww1.

[@AHOSE97HuN]

@@Ramtin-Blue_rose The majority didnt want a second Austria-Hungary. Though, Charles IV of Hungary attempted to retake the Hungarian throne two times in March and October 1921 and he even found some loyal aristocrats to support him, but the government prevented both attempts. There was even a little fight between the royalists and the government forces near Budaörs, on 23th October 1921. Even the little Entente protested against the comeback of the king. So later he was captured and sent to exile where he shortly after died.

[@tibihunnia9775]

@@Ramtin-Blue_rose Úgy voltunk mi magyarok az osztrákokkal, mint az írek vagy a skótok az angolokkal. Ezer évig harcoltunk ellenük, más országokkal szemben pedig mellettük álltunk.

[@Ramtin-Blue_rose]

@@tibihunnia9775 Is this Hungarian or polish?

[@thegametwins7553]

Great video, I knew about the german invasion, but I did not really know how and why Keep doing the good work

[@HistoryHustle]

Great! 👍

[@stuartjohnston926]

Another great lesson sir. Keep up the good work.

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks, Stuart 👍

[@nosskopajtas]

thank you for this very informative video - I learned so much of our troubled and unfortunate past.

[@HistoryHustle]

👍👍👍

[@mikewest5529]

Excellent presentation professor!! It must have been a weird Sunday to say the least!! So much confusion, I had no idea the Hungarian army was destroyed!! 80% of equipment is HUGE!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks as always, Mike! Very weird Sunday indeed. And yeah, big losses on the Don. Next month another Hungary episode will be released!

[@BardachKOT]

Hey Stefan! Great video as always, but I was wondering, will you ever make video about liberators of your grannys home town? :D keep up good work

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. Will do that one day! Actually I recently drove past the Polish cemetary of Breda. Will go there one day. Can't tell when though.

[@jamesgibbs7872]

Your History Lectures are wonderful and very informative with fact filled details that give life to WW2 History!

[@HistoryHustle]

Hi James, many thanks as always 👌

[@85szabolcs]

Grandmother told me about this. She lived in a Schwab (Hungarian-German) village in Southwestern Hungary. Despite being culturally German partially, the locals were shocked when those huge German trucks rolled in.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@steventhompson399]

I think you could do a video on the arrow cross during their time in power, that's something I don't see mentioned much and would be interesting

[@HistoryHustle]

Exactly my thoughts. Next month!

[@GunnyKeith]

GREAT TOPIC AND COVERAGE. APPRECIATED

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks!

[@gyulawolf2008]

Thanks for your work Stefan! 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Gyula.

[@kudoodle1085]

Amazing content Stefan! Make sure you get a lot of rest I know these videos take time to make. Your almost at 100k 🥳.

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, Lets make it happen 💪

[@XxLEGIONxXx]

Zoals altijd, weer een gave upload, echt fijn elke keer als je upload, pareltje dit weer!

[@HistoryHustle]

Super, Berend, dank!

[@leoncsorba9085]

Excellent presentation. ❤

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@t.jjohnson6317]

Love your vids on other countries,, big thx

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers!

[@milankrishna2550]

Thank you Stefan for this video. Cant wait to learn more from you

[@HistoryHustle]

👍👍👍

[@alswann2702]

Now I want to know about the use of camels on the Eastern front, Stefan!

[@HistoryHustle]

You'll see them in a few weeks.

[@raymondtonns2521]

thank you for this little known history

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@ipsylon7297]

I've learned a lot again.Thank you.

[@HistoryHustle]

Awesome!

[@zalansteyer7272]

Thanks, very accurate!

[@HistoryHustle]

Great to read!

[@danielgreen3715]

Caught between a rock and a hard place! What Could Horthy do especially as there was no Ex Patriate Government like France or Norway and He was the Titular Head of the Country ..Cheers Stefan well explained

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. Next month the follow-up to this video will be released.

[@danielgreen3715]

@@HistoryHustle will be watching it!

[@zepter00]

When „Enemy” country of Hungary was more friendly and loyal to Poland than so callled „allies” UK and USA

[@HistoryHustle]

Brotherhood between Poland and Hungary goes deep.

[@Takker81]

We were, we are and we’ll always be!

[@spraakkanon]

I am still waiting for your response sir? I repeat: Why did you assume I was not aware of the polish achievementd in ww2

[@Adrian-ju7cm]

Interesting thanks for the video

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for replying 👍

[@alecmiddleton1842]

I'm English. We won the war on our own because we were smarter and tougher than anyone else. Not really :) I've always wanted to know more about what WW2 was like for the people of other nations and how it's looked back on after the events. There's a lot of pride in England because we defied Hitler from the start and were victorious at the end. Our role has been heavily mythologised and sometimes patriotically distorted. I don't blame other countries for just putting the whole episode behind them, especially those shamed by defeat and/or compromised by fighting on both sides. I'm a fan of your channel Stefan, because you tell me more about all of those European nations. Maybe you could expand into how the war is remembered in different countries some day?

[@HistoryHustle]

Sounds like an interesting topic, Alec. Actually, I did cover this for the Netherlands. Feel free to watch the video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2O6qoeQbcSAbJY

[@tibihunnia9775]

A háború előtt első nemzet voltatok a földön. Most pedig görnyedt háttal közelíthetsz meg egy feketét.

[@dustyrun9663]

Thanks for the video.

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@robertcole9391]

Very interesting as this part of history is not taught in western history.. Thanks for the upload.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Robert!

[@robertcole9391]

@@HistoryHustle I retired from the US Army and have always been a bit of a history buff when it came to global conflict. Not sure why these things are kept from public knowledge. Geoplitics perhaps. Hope you can continue to correct the false teachings many have been taught. There are very few veterans left from that part of history.. If you can.. interview as many as you can before they are all gone.. It will give you a unique perspective.

[@paulroman3402]

extremely interesting, one of your best! Wasn't Horthy's son kidnaped, and this was, also used, as a means for Hitler to keep Hungary in line.

[@HistoryHustle]

That happened during Panzerfaust. More on that later. Thanks for replying 👍

[@xerxen100]

@@HistoryHustle Horthy István was killed by the Germans.

[@WindTechInsights]

@@xerxen100 Miklós Horthy Jr. was kidnapped in 1945 by Otto Skorzeny (a nazi Rambo like figure :) ) . István Horthy, the other son died in 1942 on the Eastern front in an aeroplace accident...

[@xerxen100]

@@WindTechInsights He was an Ace pilot. that was not an accident.

[@tiborpurzsas2136]

@@xerxen100 we don't know that! Because he was an ace, does not mean that an accident couldn't happen!

[@victormanuelruizbautista6803]

Can you make a chapter about the Hungarian corridor " how Hungarians helped Polish people"

[@HistoryHustle]

Perhaps one day in the future.

[@capper528]

thank you yet again for covering hungary ww2 like nobody covers them lol

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks, glad you liked it.

[@jackavery7179]

Thank you Prefessor Stefan. I find your videos very informative. I never knew the extent of Axis powers and their Allies.

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks, Jack!

[@MBP1918]

Interesting video

[@HistoryHustle]

👍👍

[@philipryan25]

Thank you 👍

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers!

[@johnwright291]

Wilhelm Hottl is a fascinating character worthy of the subject of a video. He was never prosecuted for anything. This is very interesting because the holocaust in Hungary is the hardest one to denie.

[@HistoryHustle]

Sounds interesting, perhaps in the future!

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

4th country to sign the Tripartite Pact. Someone was channeling their inner Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a trilogy in 5 parts).

[@HistoryHustle]

Haven't seen that one.

[@mladentomic7249]

Fun fact: Pro-nazi Hungarian prime minister after the occupation, ex ambassador of Hungary in Germany Döme Sztójay was a Serbian - Dimitrije Stojaković.

[@HistoryHustle]

Didn't know this.

[@friedrichkass1644]

Yes it is true!

[@StarMalLP]

6:07 Min, where do you have this picture from?:D

[@HistoryHustle]

These are Hungarian soldiers of the Carpathian Army.

[@StarMalLP]

@@HistoryHustle I know. I meant where did you find the colored picture. :)

[@David-1776]

My grandfather was in a military hospital during this time. He told us that at the bottom level, they waited Horty to either leave the war or start fighting against the germans. On the other hand, every historical discussion on this topic concludes that the hungarian government and people overwhelmingly were pro-german and there were no real opportunity and/or desire to surrender to the soviets. The dream plan was that the government should surrender to the British. The reality that Hungary would leave Germany was non existent.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply.

[@friedrichkass1644]

This is very controversial! First: Hungary was not even part of the Axis power, like Germany, Italy or Japan. They were just a vasal of Germany and not really an ally! They have their own wrested interest! Hungary want only redraw the border again, because of the Trianon treaty of 1920. Hungary had lost 72% of its former territory! They had territorial claims against Romania, Ukraine, Serbia and Slovakia! Thats why they sought the help of the Germans! Thats all! This is the truth!

[@David-1776]

I don't think anyone questioned that Hungary was a German ally until the end and the motive for that was to redrawing the borders.

[@karolinesmail489]

My mother born in Hungarian in 1930 had to leave Hungary i trains to displacement camp in1945

[@GerPhilip]

There are some inaccuracies at the begining. The Germans were not expecting any Hungarian assistance at the begining of Operation Barbarossa, actullay they were more in favor to exclude the Hungarians from the whole operation. But on the 26th June, unidentified bomber planes without any official insignias bombed the city of Kassa. The nationality of the perpetrators are still debated until nowadays (although later Cyrillic writing was found on the dropped bomb shells), but probably they were soviet bombers who missed their target and originally wanted to bomb Spisska Nova Ves in Slovakia. After receiving the news on the bombing, governor Horthy declared war on the USSR on the same day, since he was afraid that after deafeating the USSR, Slovakia and Romania who were already participating the military operations on the eastern front, would get back some territories Hungary managed to retrieve in the earlier years what she lost originally after the first world war.

[@HistoryHustle]

This is not the scope of this video so I don't call it an inaccuracy. Here is my video about the topic you mention: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqfYfoRshLtneKM

[@theMOCmaster]

Another great video. Covering the various fascists like arrow cross, iron guard, and Russian fascist party of Manchuria would be cool!

[@HistoryHustle]

Soon more on the Arrow Cross state.

[@shutup2751]

i know it was only hungary, but still the fact germany as late as 1944 cold just walk into a country like that without any resistance being put up proved they were still a force to be reckoned with

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed.

[@Artur_M.]

Well, it's a pity that Horthy didn't have his revolver with him on the 18th of March 1944. One might be inclined to dismiss his statement as pure bragging but considering he previously had to sit through an hour-long Hitler's rant, maybe there is some truth in it. This invasion had catastrophic consequences for Polish diplomat, social worker and activist Henryk Sławik and his operation of helping Jewish (and other) refugees escape the German rule through Hungary. Sławik went underground and was training to continue his work in secret, with help of like-minded Hungarian friends, including József Antall, but was arrested in July 1944. He didn't inform on his colleagues and was eventually murdered in Mauthausen. His wife survived the Ravensbrück camp and was reunited after the war with their daughter, hidden by the Antall family.

[@HistoryHustle]

Very interesting to read this additional information.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Also a video on British pm appeasement to Germany by allowing them to recapture old German territories

[@HistoryHustle]

I covered some of these events in the Russian perspective on the outbreak of WW2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX6vqmeLnMpqbK8

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@HistoryHustle 🙂 hope you do long video on concessions by allied powers to avoid ww2

[@browngreen933]

Vivid description of Hitler's rant against Horthy. Although myself American, my mom's side is Romanian-Hungarian so this Balkan stuff is interesting to me. In fact, my grandfather left Europe for the USA in 1913, thus barely missing WW1.

[@HistoryHustle]

Lucky him! 1913 is perfect timing with hindsight.

[@browngreen933]

@@HistoryHustle I know -- 1913. There's even a photo of him in an Austro-Hungarian army uniform prior to his leaving. He must have gotten a taste of European militarism and decided to leave. Later he became a pacifist Jehovah Witness. Probably had a sixth sense for self-preservation, lol.

[@IosifStalin2]

Superb

[@HistoryHustle]

👌

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Stefan you changed the name to "English subtitles"

[@HistoryHustle]

Strange. Think I got it fixed.

[@henrikg1388]

Is Hale Berry your patreon? 😜

[@HistoryHustle]

yeah

[@Cjnw]

Now Viktor Orbán will be!

[@julianmarsh1378]

We all owe Ken Burns for making these historical documentaries centered on real people...

[@HistoryHustle]

His The Vietnam War is amazing!

[@someone-qe2vh]

THE GREAT WAR OF THE ENGLISH SUBTITLES!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Lol, think it's fixed now.

[@mammuchan8923]

This was a fascinating video. Imagine how surreal it must feel to see the Germans arriving and be confused about whether they are invading or not? A harsh wake up call to realise your country has sold their soul to the devil😢

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed. Thanks for your reply!

[@tibihunnia9775]

A németek azzal jöttek be, hogy közelednek az oroszok és védekezni kell. Ezt egy két hülyén kívül mindenki megértette és elfogadta.

[@HUNVilly]

9:13 My hometown, Esztergom

[@HistoryHustle]

Ok!

[@lloydrhyslloyd]

Hi, I believe the video title needs amending. It says " English subtitles" . No reference to Hungary is made.

[@HistoryHustle]

Strange. Think I got it fixed.

[@AlexAlex-zv7fc]

Horthy's merit is that until 1944 we didn't even know there was a war. The Russians rewarded their allies with what we were punished for.

[@HistoryHustle]

Life in Hungary till the German takeover was still pretty good. Things went downhill from there, especially when Hungary became a battlefield and after that.

[@tibihunnia9775]

@@HistoryHustle 1944 karácsonyán A Magyarországi Budapesten, a legkelendőbb ajándék az arany cigarettatárca volt. Pedig aznap zárták körbe a Szovjet- Román -Bolgár csapatok Budapestet.

[@laszloenzsol466]

My friend! it was not the Germans who were in trouble then, but much sooner. With the French or Trianon, where two-thirds of the country was stolen from the Hungarians. Look at the size of Hungary in the 1800s and see how small it is now. This is a disgrace. The Hungarian people did not deserve this. Barátom! nem a Németekkel volt akkor a baj, hanem sokkal előbb. A Franciákkal vagy is Trianon, ahol az ország kétharmadát lopták el a Magyaroktól. Nézd meg 1800 években mekkora volt Magyarország és nézd meg most milyen kicsi lett. Ez gyalázat. Ezt nem érdemelte meg a Magyar nép.

[@HistoryHustle]

I understand what you say. Trianon was very harsh. I discuss this in my video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJzNkKqnadaNg6c

[@laszloenzsol466]

@@HistoryHustle THX. The 22 people who play football see and feel differently and the people in the stands see different things. By the way, it is different to live from the inside than to see something from the outside that the propaganda of the "winners" distorts in its favor. Köszönöm. Mást lát és érez az a 22 ember aki focizik és mást látnak azok az emberek akik a lelátón vannak. Egyébként ugyan azt más belülről megélni, mint kivülről látni valamit, amit a "győztesek" propagandája ferdíti el a maga javára.

[@supermario8416]

Until 1867 Hungary was just a colony of the Habsburg Empire. Only between 1867-1918 Hungary ruled over Slovakia Transylvania and Croatia, all majority slavic and romanian regions, as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, not as an independent country. Slovakia Transylvania and Croatia never wanted to be ruled by Hungary and they liberated themselves in 1918 after just 50 years of hungarian occupation.

[@laszloenzsol466]

@@supermario8416 It depends on where we look and count. There was a so-called conquest in 895 AD. At that time the so-called Hungarian horde occupied the Carpathian Basin. If you observe the line of the Carpathians, it was already the border of Hungary. What you’re talking about was the monarchy for half a hundred years. Unfortunately, the fact is that the past is written by the winners and thus lies to everyone that the one who was defeated was at fault ..... Attól függ, hogy honnan nézzük és számoljuk. i.sz 895-ben volt az úgynevezett honfoglalás. Ekkor az úgynevezett magyar horda foglalta el a kárpátmedencét. Ha megfigyeled a Kárpátok vonalát, már akkor az volt Magyarország határa. Amiről beszélsz a monarchia fél száz esztendeig volt. Sajnos a tény az, hogy a múltat a győztesek írják és ezzel azt hazudják mindenkinek, hogy a legyőzött volt a hibás.....

[@hihihirororo9737]

When I was young, I bought the board game of Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen

[@HistoryHustle]

Didn't know this existed.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Please continue non German axis groups series

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@nagyzsoltvm]

Boedapest? Where it is? :D

[@HistoryHustle]

Budapest! Boedapest is the Dutch word for the city.

[@nagyzsoltvm]

@@HistoryHustle Really? I thought Budapest is called Budapest everywhere.

[@ShiningForce07]

My grandpa was about 10 years old; they ran from Russian fighters to adhoc shelters as they strafed the ground for everything moving too, one German Messer was shot down by Russians and landed on their village's center. When the village kids went there, a Russian fighter strafed the wreck so some kids died. The Germans and later Russians/their allies Red Bulgars/Rumanians took every bigger valuables away from the villagers (Requiration). After the frontline moved Romanian soldiers stationed in the village. They laughed at the Hungarian kids. After that day news came that the Romanians were killed by mortar fire by the Germans while trying a forced river crossing.

[@HistoryHustle]

Must've made an impression. Thanks for sharing.

[@tibihunnia9775]

@@duxromanorum9861 Érdekes mi magyarok úgy látjuk, önök románok a sokkal jobb diplomaták, akik még egy nappal a világháború vége előtt is át tudnak állni az ellenséghez.

[@ShiningForce07]

Apart from that we look at this thing entirely differently I don't get the hate you spewed about an innocent wartime memory. Maybe Romanians feel the urge constantly prove themselves they were not robbers and traitors, huh.

[@WSwarthunder]

How many germans and hungarians were killed during the invasion?

[@HistoryHustle]

I guess none. But not sure.

[@friedrichkass1644]

@danniata: Perhaps only a few!

[@gordon295]

In November 1956, Soviet tanks invaded Hungary - a country that was already under its control. The Hungarian people took to the streets and to fight the Soviet Red Army.

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed.

[@gaborkorthy8355]

Most of those street fighters had experience fighting the Red Army and like my father had no love for the Soviets after spending three years in Russia as a POW after the war.

[@RalphRostas]

My whole family emigrated in 1956. I have actual black and white photos my grandfather took on the Russian Front. Who would have interest in the photos? I know very little of that period since by grandfather never spoke about it. Funny, i was born in 65 and never learned to speak read or write formally, but I do speak it since birth.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. Feel free to sent them to the emailadres Historyhustle[at]gmail.com

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Its interesting that at the start of the world war 2 most terretory of the old central powers was restored and actualy in a better position than 1914 . But as in ww1 every nation was fighting an individual war . There was not much cohesion in how troops where deployed , equipment . strategies . And in the end it fell apart just like it did in ww1 . a strange tapestry of nations with simular goals but with out much cohesion .

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting comparison.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

@@HistoryHustle It just makes you wonder , what if they actualy managed to cooperate and create a uniform training , equipment. and actual battle plan before they started the war. The italians where one of the frontrunners in battleship and cruiser inovations . often designing and or building ships for other nations .

[@tibihunnia9775]

Az első világháborúban nagyobb esélyünk volt a győzelemre. Ott buktuk is, amikoraz angolok maguk mellé állitották az Sztálinékat.

[@evadixon2138]

There is a major error. Hungary was no longer Kingdom of Hungary since 1918. I know, I grew up there.

[@HistoryHustle]

Officially it was. It had no King but a regent.

[@marcoskehl]

🌎 When the nazis ran Interpol, would be a very intersting topic to a video, Stefan. Obrigado! 🇧🇷

[@HistoryHustle]

👍👍👍

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

Was there a Hungarian coup in August 1944?

[@HistoryHustle]

A coup attempt in July by László Baky.

[@nemiw4429]

When the war starts to turn, they leave their allies. Weak and disgusting behavior.

[@HistoryHustle]

Such an insightful comment.

[@tomk3732]

This is more similar to takeover of Austria then of an invasion. Maybe better term would be annexation.

[@HistoryHustle]

I wouldn't call it annexation cause Hungary didn't become part of the German Reich. On the flipside, the Hungarians didn't resist either which looked similar to what happened in Austria.

[@xerxen100]

When Anschluss happened, the Austrian military staying at home. When the Germans occupy Hungary, their soldiers were dead, or fight in the eastern front. Some policeman cant stop the German army.

[@tomk3732]

@@xerxen100 Their population was also not hostile and not all of their soldiers were dead - Hungary is a country of 10m people - its army is not just 100k plus that was on the eastern front. They are capable of around 300k-400k soldiers.

[@xerxen100]

@@tomk3732 They lost alredy 250 000, and more 400 000 on the eastern front. The remaining forces are to small. Some place they fought with the Germans, but its doesnt matter.

[@harnandi]

​@@tomk3732 Hungarian army had no chance to resist. The country is not defendable (with bad equipped army, capable units on the soviet front) from the west because no natural barriers. The Germans had transit rights trough the country, so they could just stop their train with troops anywhere. Before the war Hungary was forced by treaty to have only 30000 troops without heavy equipment, no chance to increase it to resist against superpowers.

[@abdulrazaqibrahim950]

This wasn't invasion, there were support and coordination between them since WW1.

[@HistoryHustle]

Since WW1? Please explain.

[@brozjoszip6401]

Not true. Hungarians felt, and feel still it was an invasion. The Germans replaced the government, and nazis came into power in Hungary. Horthy was not in power any more, the country become a German protectorate, occupied territory. Germans never ever trusted Hungary. Especially in 1944. Invasion happened. Whoever denies it does not know Hungarian history at all.

[@csanadbarczy9153]

Thi could be a cool movie

[@HistoryHustle]

For sure!

[@ATTILA84]

Miklós Horthy is very similar to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

[@HistoryHustle]

Feel free to explain.

[@ConcealedCourier]

Imagine getting the downfall rant for an entire hour by the actual guy.🤬😵‍💫

[@HistoryHustle]

Lol.

[@mrfisher1072]

It's like every major power that Hungary ends up aligning with by choice or force ends up invading it in the end first the Germans then the Soviets and the way things are going now I wouldn't be shocked if it happens again it's like Hungary can't be left alone lol.

[@HistoryHustle]

I see.

[@tibihunnia9775]

Akihez csatlakozunk az kikap hehe. Nézd a NATO-t most Afganisztánban például.

[@Takker81]

Just take a look on the map. We are in the middle of every major path an invading army can take between east and west, from north to south.

[@Pootycat8359]

In the 1980s, I had a friend who was a kid in Hungary, when the Germans & Russians were fighting, there. He described how he and his friends would collect unexploded bombs and grenades, and use them for target practice, with the Mauser rifles they found. Must have been fun! When I was that age, I only shot bottles and beer cans. (Oops, did I just admit to having littered the desert with broken glass? :) ).

[@conceptalfa]

👍 👍 👍!!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching👍

[@Stormbringer2012]

The MAIN reason why Hitler invaded Hungary was because Horthy (in his ultimate wisdom) had front line troops on the Romanian border. This caused Romania to likewise wise do the same. This is when every soldier was needed on the eastern front. Hitler repeatably asked Horthy to transfer them, Horthy refused. So Hitler really had no choice but to invade. When the operation was over the size of the Hungarian forces doubled on the eastern front. P.S Hungary was a very poor ally. The shit they pulled was messed up.

[@HistoryHustle]

"The shit they pulled was messed up." And then totally forgetting the shit Germany pulled. Very one-sided view.

[@Stormbringer2012]

​@@HistoryHustle Oh no no no no. Hungary was just one shitty ally.

[@Takker81]

Romania has a tendency of being a great ally lol

[@Osckarre]

I've always had such disdain for Hungary for allying with the axis. Great synopsis, I learned a few things! :)

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!

[@paullooney2522]

I dont the countries that are showing balls now, are countries like Hungary and Poland against the globalists and by the way they are the modern Nazis,in case you havent noticed.

[@benedeknagy8497]

Its definitely a stain on our history. But at that time central europe was between a rock and a hard place. Look at Poland, they were on the side of the allies, but in the end they suffered the same fate as Romania or Hungary.

[@alextakacs768]

I'm Hungarian first, so all i can say Germany never ever invaded us!! The Soviet Russians did!! These were retreiting German troops from Ukraine in Hungary in 1944.

[@HistoryHustle]

People sometimes have the tendency to reply before watching the video. I don't get this. Most of the time they share over-simplifications that contribute next to nothing to the topic discussed. Or address unrelated topics and mention farfetched comparisons. Please watch the video if you haven't seen it already and share your thoughts on it afterwards. Thank you.