Hungary in World War II

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historical period history of Hungary

Hungary in World War II was a Central European Axis-aligned state that participated in major military campaigns on the Eastern Front, experienced occupation by Nazi Germany and later the Soviet Union, and saw significant territorial, political, and human losses.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
German occupation of Hungary	2

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ history of Hungary ⓘ
aftermath	Soviet-backed communist takeover ⓘ establishment of the Second Hungarian Republic ⓘ
alliedWith	Japan ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
attemptedArmisticeWith	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers Soviet Union ⓘ
capital	Budapest ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Gestapo ⓘ SS ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
dateSignedTripartitePact	1940-11-20 ⓘ
declaredWarOn	Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endResult	Soviet occupation ⓘ defeat of Axis Powers ⓘ transition to communist rule ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
enteredWarAgainst	Soviet Union ⓘ
experienced	Holocaust ⓘ surface form: Holocaust in Hungary
governmentType	regency ⓘ
headOfState	Regent Miklós Horthy ⓘ surface form: Miklós Horthy
joinedWarOnSideOf	Germany ⓘ
keyAgreement	First Vienna Award ⓘ Second Vienna Award ⓘ Tripartite Pact ⓘ
keyEvent	Arrow Cross coup ⓘ German occupation in March 1944 ⓘ Operation Margarethe ⓘ Siege of Budapest ⓘ surface form: Soviet capture of Budapest
leaderDuringPeriod	Ferenc Szálasi ⓘ Regent Miklós Horthy ⓘ surface form: Miklós Horthy
lostTerritoryTo	Czechoslovakia ⓘ Romania ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ
majorAtrocitySite	Budapest ghettos ⓘ Danube bank shootings ⓘ
majorFront	Eastern Front ⓘ
militaryCampaign	Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ Battle of the Don Bend ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Don River Siege of Budapest ⓘ surface form: Budapest Offensive German invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa ⓘ Siege of Budapest ⓘ Vienna Offensive ⓘ
militaryForce	Royal Hungarian Air Force ⓘ Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ surface form: Royal Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Air Force ⓘ surface form: Royal Hungarian Honvédség
notableFigure	Carl Lutz ⓘ Ferenc Szálasi ⓘ Giorgio Perlasca ⓘ László Bárdossy ⓘ Regent Miklós Horthy ⓘ surface form: Miklós Horthy Miklós Kállay ⓘ Raoul Wallenberg ⓘ
notableResistance	Hungarian anti-Nazi resistance ⓘ rescue of Jews by diplomats and individuals ⓘ
occupationEvent	Hungary in World War II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: German occupation of Hungary Soviet occupation of Hungary ⓘ
occupiedBy	Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
officialLanguage	Hungarian ⓘ
participantOf	World War II ⓘ
peaceTreaty	Treaty of Paris 1947 ⓘ surface form: Paris Peace Treaties 1947
persecutedGroup	Jews ⓘ Roma ⓘ political opponents ⓘ
politicalPartyInPower	Arrow Cross Party ⓘ surface form: Arrow Cross Party – Hungarist Movement Party of Hungarian Life ⓘ
region	Central Europe ⓘ
responsibleFor	deportation of Hungarian Jews ⓘ
ruledBy	Arrow Cross Party ⓘ Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ surface form: Regency of Miklós Horthy
side	Axis powers ⓘ surface form: Axis Powers
signed	Tripartite Pact ⓘ
startTime	1939 ⓘ
suffered	civilian casualties ⓘ economic devastation ⓘ heavy military casualties ⓘ territorial losses ⓘ
territorialGainFrom	Czechoslovakia ⓘ Romania ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hungarian 2nd Army → associatedWith → Hungary in World War II ⓘ

Hungary in World War II → occupationEvent → Hungary in World War II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of Hungary

Soviet–Hungarian War → precededBy → Hungary in World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of Hungary