Hungarism: Difference between revisions

In March 1935, Szálasi founded a political party named "Party of National Will". The party was founded on Hungarian nationalist principles. However, [[File:Cball-HungarianRegency.png]] the [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Horthyist]] government outlawed the party, deeming it to radical. Undeterred by this, Szálasi founded the [[File:HungaryFascism.png]] [[Nazism|Hungarian National Socialist Party]] in 1937, but it was also outlawed. After [[File:NaziGermany.png]] [[Nazism|Germany]] annexed [[File:Cball-Austria_Corporate_State.png]] [[Austrofascism|Austria]] in 1938, Szalasi increased his political activity, but was arrested and imprisoned.

Szálasi remained a popular political figure after his imprisonment, and was declared leader of the [[File:Hun.png]] [[Nazism|Arrow Cross Party.]] The ACP would gain 30 seats in the 1939 election, becoming one of the most popular political parties. After the [[File:Irridentism.png]] [[Irredentism|Second Vienna Award]] in 1940, Szalasi was released, and the ACP was outlawed, but continued to operate in secret. Szálasi would later gain support from the [[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism|Germans,]] who had previously opposed his [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] [[Nationalism|Hungarian nationalism.]] The Nazis invaded Hungary and the ACP was legalized, but the German-installed leader, [[File:Hun.png]] [[Fascism|Döme Sztójay]] was later overthrown, and Szálasi was arrested again.

The Nazis would end up invading Hungary a second time in October 1944, and would eventually force Horthy to make Szalasi prime minister, Szalasi increased Hungary's [[File:Anti-Semitic.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Semitism|deportation of Jews and participation in the Holocaust.}} However, the [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Soviet army was encircling Budapest, and by the time the siege of the city began, Szalasi fled. He would end up captured by [[File:Cball-(W2)US.png]] American

troops in May 1945, and was sent back to Hungary, where he faced a [[File:Krit.png]] [[Kritarchy|trial]] in 1946, where he was sentenced to death.