The Hungarian Romanian War & The Downfall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic I THE GREAT WAR 1919

In early 1919 Hungary was one of the European territories that saw a communist revolution. Bela Kun and his supporters established the Hungarian Soviet Republic while the country was in great turmoil and fighting against the Romanians, the Czechoslovaks, the Serbs and within Hungary itself.

 
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[martonk]

This is the most fertile commenting ground ever. Not only can romanians and slovaks argue with hungarians, but communists, nationalists and liberals can fight each other too. Lovely

[cristian-ionutapostol]

"No-one was satisfied with the situation." European history in a nutshell.

[HistoryHustle]

Hungarian Soviet Republic was actually doomed from the start since Kun alienated many factions within the Hungarian society. I keep saying, it is a fascinating piece of history, this Hungarian Soviet Republic.

[gen_henry]

Inter War Hungary: A kingdom without a king led by an admiral without a navy.

[pascaalexandru]

"Brigands that only want to steal lands" this is coming from the prime minister of a colonial empire 😂😂😂

[rxdvmnf]

‘They are little brigand peoples who want to steal territories.’ Hypocrisy at its finest Loyd George

[DDragon]

The only people who also see the irony in an admiral becoming the leader of a landlocked nation! Well done my friends! Keep up the great work!

[Fake]

This comment section is surprisingly decent

[vaclavholek]

European history in US history books: "If it happened east of the Rhine, it didn't happen."

[Jon.A.Scholt]

I am absolutely loving these segment Jesse has been doing! This era of history was a major blindspot for me and I am fascinated by all of these events I knew very little about. Kudos to Jesse and the Great War channel for an amazing series!

[thurin]

"the great war" in eastern europe; "the war to start all wars"

[bluesnail]

France: Fall back to the demarcation line and we'll get Romania to do the same.
Hungary: Okay, we gave up occupied lands.
France: *HAHA, YOU FOOL! YOU FELL FOR ONE OF THE CLASSIC BLUNDERS!*

[austrianguy]

Yesterday i was getting ready for studying for a very important exam so i went to youtube for search music but then i saw this video in recommended page and said ''Ok lets watch it'' half hour later i realize it was like midnigth and i went to sleep.
I suspended the exam but at least i know how was central europe after the great war.
Moral? This Post-war series is so damn great, Nice Job.

[alexanderbogdan]

Great video, really accurate, on thing to mention though, the picture you use in order to portrait Ionel Bratianu is actually his brother’s picture, they come from a long line of great politicians from the 19th century until the last of them dying in communist prisons after world war. Ionel Bratianu died in 1927, same year with Ferdinand, he had a medical issue that needed attended but due to much responsibility and sacrifice in the political stuggules of Romanian back then he postponed it until it was too late for him. Great hero of our nation, never to be forgotten.

[wojciechwilkanowski]

Florian gave me some reading recommendations on an essay I wrote on why the Hungarian revolutions failed, and I'm very happy to say I came to the same conclusions as you guys did. Great video as always

[HomelessDoge]

I sometimes wonder how Romania would have ended up if we never had a communist regime.

[gerulais]

I love how you do your best to pronounce all these different names in different languages the way they are pronounced in their original language. Very well done video. I am Romanian and I knew about this war between the Soviet Hungary and Romania, but I didn't know details. Thank you for such an informative video.

[macedonianunit]

Hungarians, Romanians, Czechs and Slovaks: We have the most arguments and disagreements in all of Europe!

Balkans: Hold my Rakija

[haVVk]

I recently went to Budapest(for the first time) and as a romanian I expected hostile reactions.But everything was fine. I somehow ..admire you. Peace !

[Markovite]

The one dislike is from Mihály Károlyi