Hungary
WWII Fighter Aces: Ralph K. ‘Kid’ Hofer
by Paul B. CoraHe could be described as reckless, impulsive, undisciplined, lucky, fearless, and also as one of the most successful fighter pilots in the history of the U.S. Read more
Hungary
Operation South Wind’s Battle for the Gran Bridgehead
By Major General Michael ReynoldsBy the end of 1944, the Soviet Red Army had surrounded the Hungarian capital of Budapest and established strong defensive positions running from Esztergom on the Danube to Lake Balaton. Read more
Hungary
Freedom or Death: The Hungarian Uprising of 1956
By Todd Avery Raffensperger“To the Great Stalin, from the grateful Hungarian People,” read the inscription on a 24-foot-high bronze statue of Joseph Stalin on the grounds of Budapest City Park, erected in 1951 to honor the tyrant of the Soviet Union. Read more
Hungary
The Thunder of Operation Gallop
By Pat McTaggartAs Adolf Hitler’s vaunted Sixth Army lay in its death throes in the ruins of Stalingrad, German forces to the west of the city faced their own kind of hell. Read more
Hungary
The Battle of Lechfeld 955 AD
By William E. WelshWhen summer arrived in Bavaria in late June ad 955, thousands of unwelcome barbarians from the Carpathian basin were gathering on its eastern fringe, poised to invade the southern part of the East Frankish kingdom once again. Read more
Hungary
Panzer Fury in Hungary
By John E. SpindlerEven in the dark days of March 1945, when the Third Reich was on the brink of collapse, its troops managed to exhibit that grim humor that enables frontline soldiers to endure the horrors of battle. Read more
Hungary
Hadtorteneti Museum
By Peter SuciuThe Hungarian capital of Budapest is more than just a city. It is actually three cities in one, each with just a bit of unique color and flare. Read more
Hungary
Belgrade Blitz
By John W. Osborn, Jr.It was the most exciting scene Associated Press correspondent Robert St. John had yet witnessed in the career he had abandoned for five years to farm in New Hampshire then returned to when he sensed that war was coming. Read more
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy: Hitler’s Vassal?
By Blaine TaylorThe career of Admiral Nicholas Horthy spanned not only two world wars, but also stretched across the decades from the age of sail to atomic-powered submarines. Read more
Hungary
Operation Spring Awakening: Adolf Hitler’s Last WWII Offensive
By Major General Michael ReynoldsIn January 12, 1945, Adolf Hitler received the news he had been dreading—the Soviet Red Army had launched its winter offensive. Read more
Hungary
Stalingrad: Apocalypse on the Volga
By John WalkerAfter Adolf Hitler’s audacious invasion of Russia finally ground to a halt in December 1941 on the forested outskirts of Moscow, the exhausted German Army stabilized its winter front in a line running roughly from Leningrad in the north to Rostov in the south. Read more
Hungary
Turning Back the Turks
By Louis CiotolaPeering out over the horizon, Austrian commander Prince Eugene of Savoy could see an army of Turks, the dreaded masters of southeastern Europe for the past three centuries, crossing the Tisza River near the town of Zenta on their way to pillage Transylvania. Read more
Hungary
March to Destruction: Nicopolis 1396
A delegation from the Kingdom of Hungary seeking military aid to fight the Ottomans undertook a diplomatic mission in the spring of 1395 to a number of great cities in France and Burgundy. Read more
Hungary
The Nazi ‘Gold Train Incident’
By Peter KrossBy the spring of 1945, Hitler’s thousand year Reich had come crashing down in flames. The Allied armies that had landed at Normandy almost one year earlier had penetrated deep inside Germany. Read more
