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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Hungary that are not part of a specific military territory.
Establishment
November 1347: In 1347, Louis I of Hungary crossed the Neapolitan border without resistance, seizing control of the Kingdom of Naples border region. This military occupation was part of Louis I's expansionist policies in Italy.
Chronology
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Was a war between the Kingdom of Hungary, led by Louis the Great, and the Kingdom of Naples.
1.1.Hungarian Invasion of Naples
Was the Hungarian Invasion of the Kingdom of Naples led by king Louis the Great.
January 1348: In 1348, during the Battle of Capua, Hungarian King Louis I defeated the army of Louis of Taranto, who was the claimant to the throne of Naples. This victory led to the military occupation of Capua by Hungary.
February 1348: All the barons of the Kingdom of Naples swore loyalty to the new Hungarian ruler as he marched to Naples from Benevento.
1.2.Hungarian Expulsion of Naples
Was the expulsion of the Hungarian forces from Naples.
January 1349: Having established his control over the Kingdom of Naples without too much difficulty, Louis of Hungary was suddenly forced into retreat by the arrival of the black plague
Was a war that began when the Kingdom of Bohemia was invaded by the king of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus.
January 1469: In 1468, Matthias Corvinus, the King of Hungary, seized control of Moravia and Silesia from George of Poděbrad, who was the King of Bohemia. Matthias then declared himself the King of Bohemia, asserting his power over the region.
April 1479: The Peace of Olomouc was signed between Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and King Vladislaus II of Bohemia (and Hungary, later), bringing the Bohemian-Hungarian War (1468-1478) to an end. Based on the terms of the treaty, Vladislaus would cede the territories of Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia to Corvinus.
Was a military conflict between the Kingdom of Hungary under Mathias Corvinus and the Habsburg Archduchy of Austria under Frederick V (also Holy Roman Emperor as Frederick III).
May 1484: Matthias Corvinus invaded Frederick's Austrian lands in the battle of Leitzersdorf.
June 1485: Siege of Vienna.
October 1486: Retz is besieged by Hungary.
January 1487: Siege of Wiener Neustadt.
August 1487: Siege of Wiener Neustadt. After hungary's victory Austria ceded the western lands of Lower Austria, Styria and Carinthia to the Kingdom of Hungary.
May 1490: When Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus died from a stroke on 6 April 1490, Frederick of Habsburg was able to reconquer the Austrian lands.
Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.
4.1.World War II (Balkan Theatre)
Was the theatre of conflict of World War II that took place in the Balkans.
4.1.1.Invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis
Was a military operation by the Axis forces that resulted in the occupation and partition of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
4.1.1.1.Surrender and partition of Yugoslavia
Was the partition of Yugoslavia among the invading Axis forces.
April 1941: Yugoslavia was partitioned ca. April 20-22, 1941 among the Axis countries (Italy and Germany) and their satellite states (Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania).
4.1.1.2.Hungarian Offensive (Axis invasion of Yugoslavia)
Was the offensive of the Hungarian army during the Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
April 1941: The Hungarian 1st Parachute Battalion captured canal bridges at Vrbas and Srbobran. Meanwhile, Sombor was captured against determined Chetnik resistance, and Subotica was also captured.
April 1941: The Hungarian 1st and 2nd Motorised Brigades occupied Novi Sad.
April 1941: The Hungarian army captured Vinkovci and Vukovar on 18 April.
April 1941: Hungarian forces occupied the Yugoslavian regions of Prekmurje and Međimurje.
April 1941: Valjevo conquered by hungary.
January 1478: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XV century.
Disestablishment
April 1941: The Hungarian 1st Parachute Battalion captured canal bridges at Vrbas and Srbobran. Meanwhile, Sombor was captured against determined Chetnik resistance, and Subotica was also captured.
April 1941: The Hungarian 1st and 2nd Motorised Brigades occupied Novi Sad.
April 1941: The Hungarian army captured Vinkovci and Vukovar on 18 April.
April 1941: Hungarian forces occupied the Yugoslavian regions of Prekmurje and Međimurje.
April 1941: Valjevo conquered by hungary.
April 1941: Yugoslavia was partitioned ca. April 20-22, 1941 among the Axis countries (Italy and Germany) and their satellite states (Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania).
Selected Sources
Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 34-35
Tomasevich, J. (1975): War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945, Stanford University Press, pp. 89-92
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Hungary (Military Occupation)
