A THOUSAND YEARS OF THE HUNGARIAN ART OF WAR

A thousand years of the Hungarian art of war

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Preface	I
Acknowledgement	III
Introduction	1

Part I. Hungarian Soldiers - Hungarian Strategy

I. Conquest of the Carpathian Basin	9
II. The Mongol Invasion of 1241	17
III. Janos Hunyadi, Champion of Christendom	25
IV. Hungarian Renaissance Warfare	33
V. Military Theoretician and General Count Zrinyi	39
VI. Kuruc Warfare in 1703-1711	43
VII. A Daring Raid on Berlin	55
VIII. Nation in Arms, 1 848-1849	69
IX. K.u.K. Army and the Honvedseg	83
X. Defense of Hungary Under Red Flags	97
XI. Hungarian Soldiers in Foreign Armies	105

Part II. Hungarian Soldiers - German Strategy

XII. Rebirth of the Honvedseg	117
XIII. Hungarian Troops on the Eastern Front	127
XIV. Operations of the Second Army, 1942-43.	139
XV. Defense of the Homeland Against Soviet Invasion, 1944-1945	147

Conclusion	165
Epilogue	169

Notes	171
Selected Bibliography	200

LIST OF PLANS

1. The Battle of Augsburg 14
2. The Battle for Nandor-Fejervar 24
3. Frederick's General Situation 60
4. Raid of Hadik on Berlin 62
5. Spring Campaign, 1849 68
6. Potiorek's Operations 90
7. Battle of Limanova 94
8. Campaign of the Red Army 100
9. Map of Central Europe 104
10. Map of Hungary 1938-1941 116
11. Operations of the Mechanized Corps 126
12. Soviet Strategic Plan 142
13. Invasion of Hungary 146

Note:

Plans No. 1-2 are based on Erdelyi, Art of War;
Plans No. 3-6 on Vajna-Naday, War History; Plan No. 7 on Pilch, Hungarian Soldier;
Plan No. 8 on Molnar, History of Hungary;
Plans No. 11 - 12 on Dalnoki-Veress, Hungary's National Defense Forces.

A thousand years of the Hungarian art of war