In Hungary, his name became known to the public for the first time. In March , Horthy was appointed by Charles I, Emperor of Austria as chief commander of the navy, thus coming before more senior and higher ranked officers. After a last farewell to Emperor Charles, Horthy went back to Hungary.
But in the meantime, the country was undergoing a series of troubles: independence in November with proclamation of a republic that was soon contested by Bolshevik forces. The country was invaded by the Romanian army, which hoped to annex Transylvania, and Hungarian troops were fighting against Czech regiments over Slovakia.
Unable to make itself heard by the Entente and challenged by the Communists, the government was overrun. In March , the Soviet Republic was proclaimed and lasted until August. Counter-revolutionary elements made up of officers and politicians gathered in south Hungary; this reaction was welcomed by the Entente forces.
He accepted and this as one of his first involvements that were later to weigh on the perception of his actions. He justified the exactions perpetrated mainly against Jews suspected of sympathizing with communism with his anti-communist stance. As soon as the army arrived in Budapest on 16 November , Horthy tried to assure the Jewish community that nothing was to be undertaken against them, but already, the Hungarian-Jewish symbiosis that had marked the 19 th century was under attack.
Horthy had done nothing to prevent the excesses of his soldiers, thus becoming hostage to their ideology. Many were to become the bearers of fascism in the s.
This notion was to guide his self-justification until the end in October In March , Horthy was elected by the parliament as regent of Hungary: the country was restored as a monarchy, but no king could be chosen for the moment because the peace treaties prevented the Habsburg dynasty from coming back; there was no consensus on another candidate for king.
When Charles made two restoration attempts in , he was confronted by Horthy who refused to relinquish his power. From then on, Horthy was the firm and undisputed leader of the country, a situation that would certainly have given him the means to change the orientation of the regime. The Horthy regime developed an authoritarian and reactionary ideology that was not fascist but constantly challenged by it, for many people who were near to Horthy sympathized with Italian and then German fascism.
This led to a permanent overbidding, with the most radical elements on one side, and the demands of Germany on the other side. Another nice story hidden by the most of Hu is with Ferdinand I of Romania, which ordered the Ro army to help you to throw the communists out of your own country. The funny part was that after that, Horthy and others from Hu again, influential people like Banffy and Teleki wanted to give Ferdinand I the crown of Hungary and unite the 2 Kingdoms Romania and Hungary - because, if Romania wouldn't have been attacked or involved, Horty wouldn't have come to power and the Social Republic of Hungary would have still existed but the Ro army got it all the way to Budapest and back to give you the freedom.
Give them the freedom that they deserve[ They couldn't know that the same "brothers" that they freed in , would kill them in Also, you can't call someone a thief if he liberated your country by conquering it and than giving it back. Oh, and by the way about "ohh romanians, they are the biggest traitors" etc. Romanian citizens and soldiers died for your interests.
This is one of the reasons why Ro fought against you in WW1. He was a great hero for Hungary, as great as Avram Iancu for Romania. But not that's the point.
My point is: if you say that he protected your citizens, so did Ro by accepting the union with Transylvania. But the Ro's don't see Antonescu as a hero, neither the germans Hitler or the italians Mussolini and I can bet that neither Stalin is seen by many russians as hero. All of us are accepting them, but not as hero's or gods or whatever except the extremists , but as people who have some negative influence on the history of our country. Also, let me tell you something: when one says you are crazy, maybe he lies and is just because of hate or joke.
But if there are more people that says that you are crazy, you should go and find a doctor. Same applies in the real world, where the Holly Crown not sure what the hell you think that this is and all humas are equal. If you are considering Hu as superiors, you probably are coming from a different planet in which case you stole some teritory from the earthlings. WWII is still being fought in heads.
No matter what you're saying Hungary is the biggest loser and sufferer of the two world wars. That's true that the Hungarians were not angels but they've been fighting for existence since they showed up in the Carpathian basin. Hungary had great times but unlike other western powers received two major blow, first from the Mongols.
The country's population was reduced to half but survived and thrived for three centuries. Then another major blow came.
Hungary had been fighting with the Turkish already for hundreds of years but eventually exhausted and consumed by them. Hungary was really protecting the western civilization from running over by the Turks.
The Turks divided Hungary into three parts first but the eastern part, which is Transilvania was the most independent under Hungarian leadership until the Turks were expelled. A lot of area was depopulated and the whole population was reduced from 4. Now the Habsburgs did the job of repopulating by forbidding Hungarians to settle back to the land of their ancestors. That's how Hungary got multinational.
Now you say that the people of Transilvania declared unification with Romania. Why Hungarians were not allowed to vote? I'm sure you know the answer. Pure Hungarian populations were attached to the surrounding new countries. Hungary got screwed again.
No matter how hard this nation had fought to protect western civilization for centuries the French eyes were blind by hatred when Clemenceau draw the borders and gave the stolen lands to pity nations like meat to dogs. Now there were magyarization. But show me a nation doesn't do this. You're not different. The Serbs get romanizide in Romania and vice versa, the Albanians in Serbia, most recently the Russian language was banned in Ukraine. No nation is immune to violence. And I don't want to mention the countless massacres happened in our countries.
Their country got disassembled. So please don't alter history and don't be in some kind of a romanticism of how you got new lands after WWI. If the west or other powers think you're in the way, don't worry your country will be screwed.
This is nothing but all about divide and rule. Anonymous says: 13 Sep AM Is there a connection between HUngary's treatment of Muslim refugees and its history of excluding Turks from its borders? Anonymous says: 20 Sep AM To say that hungarians are liars and fakers is absurd.
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