TEXT IN FRENCH
The actions of Germany's armor during World War II are well documented
and thus well known. Those of Germany's Axis allies are rather less so.
Hungarian Armor in the Second World War gives an account the role of
the Hungarian armored forces which, over the course of the world
conflict, managed to constitute an armored corps powerful enough to
exercise a decisive role on the front although it was destined to face
one of the most terrible adversaries of its time, the Russian Red
Army.
Hungary not only succeeded in organizing its armored troops for the
start of World War II with the support of Germany, but its military
industry was also able to produce different types of vehicles and
weapons for its own troops. Indeed, Hungary's very diverse industry
succeeded in developing a whole local range of armored vehicles which,
in some cases, showed exceptional performance in combat until the end of
the conflict.
All the models from this country are presented: the Toldi, the various
Turan ... Over the pages, the author highlights the participation of
Hungary in the Second World War thanks to a multitude of pictures
provided by real experts in the material, as well as the role of the
Hungarian armored forces, from Operation "Barbarossa" to the fighting in
Ukraine two years later, then during the subsequent retreat to the
Hungarian lands of the Carpathians, the defense of Budapest and the last
clashes Hungarian armored vehicles in Austria or Slovenia, just before
the unconditional surrender of Germany.
This book also describes the terrible fate experienced by the Hungarian
armored troops after the Soviet invasion of Hungary, many of whose
soldiers and officers were sent to Soviet concentration camps for
several years.
