The Royal Hungarian Army in World War II

Description

The Royal Hungarian Army was Germany's largest ally on the Eastern Front, but information about the Hungarian Army in English is rare. Deployed in Ukraine at the beginning of the war, the Hungarian Army was involved in a number of brutal encounters with the Red Army, including stubborn resistance in Transylvania in the summer of 1944, and the brave defense of Budapest in the face of overwhelming odds. The Hungarian Army was a varied and colourful force, ranging from mountain troops and tank units to horse cavalry and specialist infantry. All of these are illustrated in full-colour artwork, with full details about the Hungarian Army's own, quite distinct uniforms and insignia as well as many of its own weapons and tanks. This is an essential starter resource for wargamers, modelers, re-enactors and military historians.

Dr NIGEL THOMAS is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly a Principal Lecturer at Northumbria University, now a freelance military author, translator and military uniform consultant. His interests are 20th century military and civil uniformed organizations, with a special interest in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. He was awarded a PhD on the Eastern enlargement of NATO. LAZLO PAL SZABO is a freelance translator and software nationalization specialist. His hobby is military history, especially 19th and 20th century military organizations and insignia, with a particular interest in the United Kingdom, and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and its successors. He has authored articles and books on information technology; this is his first book on military history.

"Like other titles in this series, rare photographs and vivid illustrations add value to this book, and I imagine these resources can be extremely useful to modelers. This book definitely is a great starting point for me to start learning more about the Hungarian Army and how its men played a role in the European War." --C. Peter Chan, World War II Database (December 11, 2008) "What you will find in these pages are superb descriptions of these units/dress along with some unique photographs taken of some of the soldiers in their uniforms. This is further enhanced by the outstanding illustrations of Darko Pavlovic which add some real color to these old greyscale images from the distant past. A book that rightly belongs on the shelf of any WWII enthusiast and one that provides a bit more insight into one of the more important Axis allies.Highly recommended." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness (October 2008) "The 'Men-at Arms' series is as much about the units and uniforms/equipment of these soldiers as it is about the conflict itself. That being the case, this particular edition covers just those aspects of the Royal Hungarian Army ... Highly recommended." --Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com (October 2008) "The combination of history, uniforms, and unit data all in one volume makes this a choice title to pick uop for all WW2 history buffs." --Military Miniatures in Review "If you ever wanted to know everything about the Hungarian Army during World War II, read this book." --Jeff Grim, collectedmiscellany.com (October 2008)