One of the last war criminals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13292464
Another footnote to the War. Hungary's alliance with Germany (and this dude's apparent pride in it) is itself a microcosm of the many ironies and contradictions that warfare and geopolitics can stir up. The alliance was always shaky and pretty forced, (Hungary didn't want to end up like Yugoslavia when it rejected an alliance with hitler). Despite the alliance with Germany, Hitler hated the Hungarians; never trusted them. When it became obvious that they were putting out peace feelers to the Russians, he even had the leader's son kidnapped to force his resignation (Operation Panzerfaust - a fascinating commando operation). My personal suspicion is that if the nazis had won the war, the Magyars would have found their safety and influence steadily chipped away at, until they were treated as the Slavs were to be - enslaved, and their country absorbed into a greater reich.
Another footnote to the War. Hungary's alliance with Germany (and this dude's apparent pride in it) is itself a microcosm of the many ironies and contradictions that warfare and geopolitics can stir up. The alliance was always shaky and pretty forced, (Hungary didn't want to end up like Yugoslavia when it rejected an alliance with hitler). Despite the alliance with Germany, Hitler hated the Hungarians; never trusted them. When it became obvious that they were putting out peace feelers to the Russians, he even had the leader's son kidnapped to force his resignation (Operation Panzerfaust - a fascinating commando operation). My personal suspicion is that if the nazis had won the war, the Magyars would have found their safety and influence steadily chipped away at, until they were treated as the Slavs were to be - enslaved, and their country absorbed into a greater reich.
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