As we have been learning about Hungary we have picked up some interesting facts about the history of the country. We were especially interested in the most recent developments in the country from the First World War onwards. We hope you find them just as interesting:
1873 Pest, Buda and Obuda were unified forming Budapest as a major European city
1914 - 1918 First World War - Hungary fights on the losing side and the monarchy collapses
1938-1940 Southern Slovakia and Northern Transylvania were returned to Hungary
September 1939 World War II starts
1944 The Nazis occupy Hungary
1945 The Allies of World War II defeat Germany
1945 The Soviet Union liberated then occupy Hungary
1956 Hungarian revolution against Stalinism and Soviet Union was defeated
1990 The Soviet Union army leaves Hungary and a Hungarian democracy is set up
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