Hungarian People.27s Republic History of Hungary

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in 1918, result of german defeat on western front in world war i, austro-hungarian monarchy collapsed. french entente troops landed in greece re-arm defeated countries of romania , serbia , provide military assistance newly formed country of czechoslovakia. despite general armistice agreement, balkan french army organized new campaigns against hungary of czechoslovak, romanian , serbian governments.


former prime minister istván tisza murdered in budapest gang of soldiers during aster revolution of october 1918. on 31 october 1918, success of aster revolution in budapest brought leftist liberal count mihály károlyi power prime minister. károlyi devotee of entente powers beginning of war. on 13 november 1918, charles surrendered powers king of hungary, however, did not abdicate, technicality made return throne possible.


a first hungarian republic, hungarian democratic republic, proclaimed on 16 november 1918 károlyi named president. károlyi tried build hungary eastern switzerland , persuade non-hungarian minorities (in particular, slovaks, romanians , ruthenians) stay loyal country, offering them autonomy. these efforts came late. in response woodrow wilson s conception of pacifism, károlyi ordered full disarmament of hungarian army, hungary remained without national defence @ time of particular vulnerability. surrounding countries not hesitant arm themselves.


on 5 november 1918, serbian army, french support, attacked southern parts of country. on 8 november, czechoslovak army attacked northern parts of hungary, , on 2 december, romanian army started attack eastern (transylvanian) parts of hungary. károlyi government made armed associations illegal, , introduced proposals defend integrity of country, failed reorganize armed forces during governance. these measures failed stem popular discontent, when entente powers began awarding pieces of hungary s traditional territories romania, yugoslavia, , czechoslovakia, giving priority ethno-linguistic criteria on historical ones. french , serbian forces occupied southern parts of hungary.


by february 1919, new hungarian government had lost popular support in view of failures on both domestic , military fronts. on 21 march 1919, after entente military representative demanded more , more territorial concessions hungary, károlyi signed concessions presented him , resigned.








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