The author’s foreword to the English edition. |
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2008.01.07. 16:46 |
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Since 1993 I have been researching the Hungarian fortification system constructed in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains. Those territories where this fortification system was set up belonged to the Hungarian Kingdom, and later to the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy up to the end of the 1st World War.
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FOREWORD |
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2008.01.07. 16:45 |
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In 1990 when I took up my post of a lecturer at the Department of Art of War of the Zrínyi Miklós Military Academy I did not begin to give lectures immediately. At first there was a period of thorough preparation.
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ONLY THE VICTOR’S VOICE IS HEARD |
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2008.01.07. 16:43 |
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The book of Colonel-General Grechko A. A., Commander of the First Guards Army: “Across the Carpathians”, gives detailed pictures about the fights of the 4th Ukrainian Front in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains from August to October 1944.
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A SHORT REVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL-GEOGRAPHIC POLICY |
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2008.01.07. 16:41 |
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The military geographical description of one or other region is very important from the point of view of the particular country. Whether of defensive or offensive character, military land operations always take place on the terrain.
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THE THEORETICAL BASE OF THE OPERATION OF THE ÁRPÁD-LINE |
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2008.01.07. 16:39 |
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Contemporary specialists worked out the state fortification in detail and published their works for professional public opinion, first of all in the Magyar Hadtörténeti Szemle (Hungarian Military Review), in 1940-41. Initially they directed the attention of the readers to two important factors.
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THE LOCAL BRANCHES OF THE FORTIFICATION HEADQUARTERS |
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2008.01.07. 16:33 |
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Construction of the fortification works was the task of the local branches. Considerable attention was paid to the fortifications because the front was approaching and less and less time was at the disposal of the constructors.
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THE CONSTRUCTION |
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2008.01.07. 16:31 |
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Following the introduction of the fortification branches’ work, it may be useful to follow the elements of the work as prescribed for the fortification branches in the instructions of the Fortification Headquarters.
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THE OCCUPATION FORCES |
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2008.01.07. 16:28 |
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The construction of the fortifications created the most favourable conditions for defence, but combat had to be joined by the fort soldiers. So there were always differences in how they were trained, what level they drilled to and how well they knew the rules of defensive fight.
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THE CONCEPT OF THE “CARPATHIAN DEFENCE” FOR 1944 |
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2008.01.07. 16:20 |
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The reorganisation of the Hungarian Armed Forces began in 1943, after the annihilation of the Second. Hungarian Army at the Don Bend. According to the judgement of the government and the military leadership the forthcoming German military operations could have no other purpose than delay and gaining time, in other words the prolongation of the military operation up to an acceptable peace treaty for Germany.
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THE HUNYADI AND THE ST. LÁSZLÓ POSITIONS |
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2008.01.07. 16:18 |
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The fortification of the operational foreground of the Árpád-line was decided at the time of the creation of the “Defence of the Carpathians” conception in 1943. The terrain was especially suitable for this purpose because the passes of the main ranges of the Carpathian Mountains, in other words: the Hungarian frontier could be approached only from a few directions.
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AJÁNLOM AZ OLDALT
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