HUNGARY Contents Hungary: Military Aspects Since 1914......p.2 Allied Control Commission, WWII............p.7 Recovery of Crown Jewels, 1945.............p.8 ....p.9 See also: USAMHI Hungary RefBranch dv Oct 1989 HUNGARY MILITARY ASPECTS SINCE 1914 A Working Bibliography Contents WWI.......................................p. 1 Between World Wars........................p. 2 WWII Era A. Gen/Misc............................p. 4 B. Allied Control Commission...........p. 5 C. Recovery of Crown Jewels, 1945......p. 5 Since 1945................................p. 6 WORLD WAR I Austria. War Dept and Mil Archive. Austria-Hungary's Last War, 1914-1918. Wash, DC: USAWC, 1932. D539O813. Bandholtz, Harry H. Papers. Arch. U.S. rep on Allied commission in Hungary. Cramon, U. von. Austrian and Hungarian Allies in the World War. Berlin: Mittler, 1920. BajMColl. Glaise-Horstenau, Edmund, and Kiszling, Rudolf, eds. Osterreich- Ungarns Letzter Krieg, 1914-1918. 8 vols. Vienna: Militarwissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen, 1938. D539O8. See English trans of excerpts done at the U.S. Army War College, Wash, DC, 1933. (D539O813). Great Britain. War Office. The Austro-Hungarian Forces in the Field. 3d ed. London, May 1917. 232 p. UA672A95. Also 4th ed (Mar 1918). Intell-gathered orders of battle. _________. Handbook of the Austro-Hungarian Army in War, June, 1918. London, Jun 1918. 188 p., foldout plates. UA672A95 Hungary p.2 Kann, Robert A., et al, eds. The Hapsburg Empire in World War I. Boulder, CO: East European Quarterly, 1977. 247 p. DB86.7H3. Collected essays. Kerchnawe, Hugo. The Collapse of the Austrian-Hungarian Armed Forces in the Autumn of 1918. Munich: Lehmans, 1921. BajMColl. In German language. Lucas, J.S. Austro-Hungarian Infantry 1914-1918. London: Almark, 1973. 111 p. D539L83. Guide to uniforms, equip & org; extensively illus. MacDonald, Charles. Papers. Arch. American Red Cross doctor in Budapest and Vienna, 1914-15. Maurer, John H. "The Austro-Hungarian Army and the First World War." Student paper, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Feb 1978. 131 p. D539M32. _________. "The Pre-War Military Collaboration of the Austro- Hungarian and German General Staffs and the July Crisis of 1914." Student paper, Harvard Univ, Jan 1977. 75 p. D539M36. Szende, Zoltan. Die Ungarn im Zusammenbruch, 1918: Feldheer/Hinter- land. Oldenburg, Ger: Schulzesche, 1931. 227 p. DB955S85. Collapse and return of Hungarian forces. Windischgraetz, Lajos. My Memoirs. NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. 356 p. D512W52. Hungarian diplomat in war cabinet. BETWEEN WORLD WARS "Army Organization in Hungary." Military Gazette [Canadian] (28 Feb 1939): pp. 6-7. Per. "Das Neue Ungarische Wehrgesetz." Deutsche Wehr (9 Mar 1939): pp. 170-171. Per. Hofer, Cuno. "La Nouvelle Armee Hongroise." Revue Militaire Suisse (Apr 1920): pp. 179-185. Per. Hungary p.3 Simontsits, Attila, and Kovendy, Karoly. Harchung...1920-1945: A Hazaert Mindhalalig. Toronto: Hungarian Veterans, 1975. 322 p. DB925.5H37. A pictorial. U.S. Army. General Staff College. Summary of the Estimate on Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Comm No 10, Intell Course, USAWC, Wash, DC, 24 Sep 1919. 18 p. AWCFile #57-10. Arch. See also 1920 report, File #183-9. WORLD WAR II A. Gen/Misc Gosztony, Peter. Der Kampf um Budapest, 1944/45. Munchen: Schnell & Steiner, 1964. 87 p. D765.562B8G6. _________. "The Hungarian Antifascist Movement in the Soviet Union During the Second World War." Trans of article in Militargeschichtliche Mitteilungen (No 1, 1972). Typescript, Carlisle Barracks, Jun 1979. 21 p. D765.56G6. Kallay, Miklos. Hungarian Premier: A Personal Account of a Nation's Struggle in the Second World War. NY: Columbia Univ Press, 1954. 518 p. D765.56K3. Madej, Victor, ed. Southeastern Europe Axis Orders of Battle. Allentown, PA: Game Marketing, 1982. 60 p. UA646S682. Shtemenko, S.M. The Last Six Months: Russia's Final Battles.... Trans from Russian. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977. 435 p. D764S48. See esp Chap 7 of this memoir by Soviet GHQ officer. U.S. Army Service Forces. Civil Affairs Handbook, Hungary. ASF Manual M-369, 1943. ca 350 p. D802H9C58. 3 pts bound together cover money/banking, agriculture & labor. U.S. National Archives. Guide to the Collection of Hungarian Political and Military Records, 1909-45. Wash, DC: NARS, 1972. 20 p. CD3028H9U54 U.S. War Dept. General Staff, G-2. Combat Estimate, Hungary. Wash, DC, 1 Aug 1940. 14 p. File #236-D-Hungary-C2, Arch _________. Order of Battle and Handbook of the Hungarian Armed Forces. Wash, DC, 1944. 155 p. UA829H85. Hungary p. 4 Ziemke, Earl F. Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East. Wash, DC: OCMH, 1968. 549 p. D764Z493. See index. B. Allied Control Commission, Hungary, WWII (js 1984) Only brief mention of the commission in Hungary appears in numerous pubs on Allied mil govt. As examples, see indexes in these books: Holborn, Hajo. American Military Government. Wash, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1947. 243 p. D802A2H6. Mee, Charles L., Jr. Meeting at Potsdam. NY: Evans, 1975. 370 p. D734B4M4. Snell, John L., ed. The Meaning of Yalta. Baton Rouge: LA State Univ Press, 1956. 239 p. D734C7S5. The American representative on the commission was Major General William S. Key, CG, 45th Inf Div. See his obituary, New York Times (7 Jan 1959). C. Recovery of Crown Jewels, 1945 (dv 1978) The U.S. 86th Inf Div recovered the Hungarian crown jewels at the end of World War II. On 4 May 1945, the anti-tank company, 342d Inf Regt, 86th Div, liberated the Austrian town of Mattsee and captured the erstwhile Nazi minister of Hungary, his staff, and the Crown of St Stephen. Captain R.L. Green, Nashville, TN, commanded the anti- tank company. Sources: Briggs, Richard C. Black Hawks Over the Danube: The History of the 86th Infantry Division in World War II. Louisville: Western Recorder, 1954. pp. 94-95. 05-86-1945/3, UHRm. Horthy, Nicholas. Memoirs. London: Hutchinson, 1956. p. 244. DB950H6A3. U.S. Seventh Army. Headquarters, G-2. "G-2 History: Seventh Army Operations in Europe." n.p. 1945. Pt X. p. 11. 03-7-1945, UHRm. Hungary p. 5 According to Order of Battle, United States Army World War II: European Theater of Operations, Divisions, prepared by the Theater Historian (Paris, Dec 1945), p. 311, the commanding officer of the 342d Inf Regt was Colonel Pete T. Heffner, Jr., and the commanding general of the 86th Div was Maj Gen Harris M. Melasky. Captain Kalford K. Miazza was Acting Assistant Chief of Staff G-5 at the time of the crown's capture and presumably would have been initially responsible for its disposition. SINCE 1945 Gellner, John. "The Hungarian Revolution: A Military Post-Mortem." Marine Corps Gazette (Apr 1958): pp. 52-57. Per. Georgetown Univ. Hungary: Military Installation Data. Vol 6. Research Project No 8042, Wash, DC, 24 Jan 1958. 37 p. DA-G2- IRP-8042-H8-v6. Kecskemeti, Paul. The Military Reliability of Hungarian Armed Forces. Study RM-2204, Rand Corp, Santa Monica, CA, 1 Jul 1958. 132 p. RAND-RM-2204. Perret-Gentil, J. "The Hungarian Army Today." Military Review (Mar 1962): pp. 95-98. Per. Ragsdale, Gerald H. "The Hungarian Revolt of 1956: A Case Study of Insurgency." Student paper, U.S. Army War College, Mar 1963. 74 p. Arch. Rogoff, Natalie, and Pratt, Lois. "Hungary: Military Manpower Potential." Study T-176, Opns Research Office, Chevy Chase, MD, May 1952. 9 p. ORO-T-176. Szent-Miklosy, Istvan. Political Trends in the Hungarian Army, 1945- 1956. Trans from Hungarian, Rand Corp, Santa Monica, CA, 23 Jul 1957. 78 p. RAND-RM-1948. U.S. Dept of Army. General Staff, G-2. "Capabilities of the Munitions Industry of Hungary." Wash, DC, 5 Aug 1955. 12 p. DA-G2-IRP-9205. See also: "Warsaw Pact" (NATO) USAMHI Hungary RefBranch js 1984 NOTE: ALLIED CONTROL COMMISSION, HUNGARY, WWII Only brief mention of the commission in Hungary appears in our holdings on Allied mil govt and other published sources. See, for example: Holborn, Hajo. American Military Government. Wash, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1947. 243 p. D802A2H6. Mee, Charles L., Jr. Meeting at Potsdam. NY: Evans, 1975. 370 p. D734B4M4. Snell, John L., ed. The Meaning of Yalta. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Univ Press, 1956. 239 p. D734C7S5. The American representative was Major General William S. Key, CG, 45th Inf Div. See his obituary, New York Times (7 Jan 1959). To locate his personal papers, contact the 45th Inf Div Assoc. USAMHI Hungary RefBranch dv 1978 NOTE: RECOVERY OF CROWN JEWELS, 1945 The U.S. 86th Inf Div recovered the Hungarian crown jewels at the end of World War II. On 4 May 1945, the anti-tank company, 342d Inf Regt, 86th Div, captured the Austrian town of Mattsee and the erstwhile Nazi minister of Hungary, his staff, and the Crown of St Stephen. Captain R.L. Green, Nashville, TN, commanded the anti-tank company. Sources: Briggs, Richard C. Black Hawks Over the Danube: The History of the 86th Infantry Division in World War II. Louisville: Western Recorder, 1954. pp. 94-95. 05-86-1945/3, UHRm. Horthy, Nicholas. Memoirs. London: Hutchinson, 1956. p. 244. DB950H6A3. U.S. Seventh Army. Headquarters, G-2. "G-2 History: Seventh Army Operations in Europe." n.p. 1945. Pt X. p. 11. 03-7-1945, UHRm. According to Order of Battle, United States Army World War II: European Theater of Operations, Divisions, prepared by the Theater Historian, (Paris, Dec 1945), p. 311, Colonel Pete T. Heffner, Jr., commanded the 342d Inf Rgt and Major General Harris M. Melasky commanded the 86th Inf Div. Captain Kalford K. Miazza was the Acting Assistant Chief of Staff G-5 at the time of the crown's capture and presumably would have been initially responsible for its disposition.