The Royal Hungarian Army, the land forces of the Kingdom of Hungary during World War II #ww2 #tank

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]Its defense minister was ex-chief of the general staff, Janos Voros, who had also defected to the Soviets.

[00:00:07]A 102-day long siege of Budapest by troops of the second and third Ukrainian fronts began on November 3rd, 1944, and they invested the city until December 26th.

[00:00:19]Amongst the encircled troops who surrendered on February 13th, 1945, that included Wehrmacht and SS units, was the Hungarian first core.

[00:00:28]The second Hungarian army was disbanded in December 1944 after [music] suffering heavy losses, and the remaining units absorbed into the third army.

[00:00:37]The first army pulled back to the protectorate of [music] Bohemia and Moravia after the fall of Budapest, where they surrendered in May 1945 to the fourth Ukrainian front.

[00:00:47]The third army had taken part in March in the abortive Plattensee Offensive, after which it was largely disbanded.