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| Mead on Hungary's Slide Towards Authoritarian Gummint |
| 2011-12-23 |
| This is one of those RTWT type of articles. Tip of the Christmas stocking to the Instapundit. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Where is Admiral Horthy when you really need him?/sarcasm off |
| Posted by: borgboy 2011-12-23 21:08 |
| #3 My history prof from 30 years ago, a former instructor in tactics from the Hungarian Military Acad, described Hungary's policy in the 30s and 40s as "based on the national dance: two steps this way, two steps that way". A country had to be careful when sandwiched between the Nazis and Soviets. The Nazis staged a Putsch in 1944 because the Hungarian govt was making all the right noises but wasn't doing much to be especially helpful to the Reich. |
| Posted by: mom 2011-12-23 20:09 |
| #2 It has long been noted that Hungarians are very different in character from other Europeans. Being ruled over by Ottomans from 1526-1699 made the Hungarian Magyars and Slavs permanently testy, and they were much of the "muscle" of the Austro-Hungarian empire. After Hungarian communists under Béla Kun seized power in Hungary in 1919, proclaimed the Hungarian Soviet Republic and commenced Hungary's Red Terror (Kuns "Caravan of Death"), a counterrevolutionary government was formed. In late 1918, Romanian forces invaded Hungary and later overthrew Kun's government. Through most of WWII, the *multi-party* fascist government of Hungary was in alliance with Nazi Germany, until the Germans invaded in 1944. After many years of Soviet domination, I am not surprised in the least about the return of the "Double Arrow", the Hungarian equivalent of the swastika. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-12-23 18:27 |
| #1 Walter Russell "leftism is wrong, bankrupt, totally out the window, but no conservatism for me, thank you" Mead... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2011-12-23 16:21 |