Minister: Hungarian patriots stood their ground in Russia in WWII
Hungarian patriots stood firm and fought valiantly at the 1943 Don breakthrough, the defence minister said at a commemoration organised on the 80th anniversary of the tragedy of the 2nd Hungarian Army in Budapest’s Szentharomsag Square on Thursday.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said it was “not our business” to determine what the Hungarian soldiers were doing abroad at that time. He said the best war was one that was not fought at all, and for this a deterrent force was needed to force any potential enemy into pursuing negotiations. The government has set the goal of setting up such a high-tech army, he added.
Source: MTI
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What the military was doing was fighting with Hitler, hoping for a piece of land.
Today it’s refusing to oppose Putin, perhaps hoping for a bit of land?
Hungary in WW2 was fighting a retribution for WW1 when the Russian Czar declared war on Austria/ Hungary. That is how WW1 started which resulted in Hungary loosing over 60% of its territories.