Was Horthy a good leader? Allied himself with Hitler during WWII.

Yup. His son got kidnapped by Otto Skorzeny. Thats where it all failed. Also, he was hard on the commies and Romanians during the interwar period. Allied with the Germans for a chance to gain back some territory lost after WW 1.

Different time. Different mentality.

>>132259700
He gained a lot though. What was it, Slovakia, Carpathian, Transylvania, and Vojvodina(Northern Serbia) right?

>>132260090

Transylvania went 50%/50% to the Hungarians and the Romanians. Both as bait to crank up the war effort.

Both militaries did some bad stuff to the other countries' minority in the occupied territory. Not sure how good that was.

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>>132260641
How good of a leader was he though?

>>132261086
Horthy was a total hero who saved his country from communism and got back half of Hungary's stolen clay.

>>132259468
He was a good man. Hated both nazis and commies.

>John F. Montgomery, who served in Budapest as U.S. ambassador from 1933 to 1941, openly admired this side of Horthy's character and reported the following incident in his memoir: in March 1939, Arrow Cross supporters disrupted a performance at the Budapest opera house by chanting "Justice for Szálasi!" loud enough for the regent to hear. A fight broke out, and when Montgomery went to take a closer look, he discovered that:
>"two or three men were on the floor and he [Horthy] had another by the throat, slapping his face and shouting what I learned afterward was: "So you would betray your country, would you?" The Regent was alone, but he had the situation in hand.... The whole incident was typical not only of the Regent's deep hatred of alien doctrine, but of the kind of man he is. Although he was around seventy two years of age, it did not occur to him to ask for help; he went right ahead like a skipper with a mutiny on his hands.[39]"

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Horthy did the best he could with what he had.

>>132263796
What were some of his policies and what not like? Economics? Rise to power? /pol/'s a better choice than (((Wikipedia)))

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>>132264300

And /pol/ is a worse choice than reading a book. For my studies I once wrote an article about this period. Some suggestions:

Sandor Biro "The nationalities problem in Transylvania"

Miklos Molnar, "A concise history..."

Dont be a lazy nigger.

>>132265055
I'm on vacation right now, I'm not going to being a bible with me.

But thanks for the suggestions.

>>132265946
>being
*bring

>>132259468
>Allied himself with Hitler during WWII.

Then he was a moron.

>>132264300
He could not say no to Hitler.
His friend commited suicide to deter him from helping Hitler,but he kept going.So much that when he got backstabbed by everyone he even stopped the deportation of jews when it didnt matter anymore.