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Hungarian Army Welcomed in Kolomea, 1941

During July, 1941, as WW2 began, Kolomea, a recently Soviet occupied multi-national city, also claimed by Romania and even Poland, welcomes its Axis "liberation" as the Rapid Corps troops of Hungary make their headway toward the East.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/hungarian-forces/41712/hungarian-army-welcomed-in-kolomea-1941
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Yes, the association between the two Roman Christian peoples runs deep. For example, under the Polish Wladyslaus III, the King of both Poland and Hungary, the two nations fought side by side, along with many other peoples of the region, against the Moslem Ottoman Turkish army in the Battle of Varna during 1444. Later, under Polish King Istvan Batory (Bathory), a Hungarian from Transylvania, Polish-Lithuanian armies humbled Ivan the Terrible’s Russia in the battles fought for the city of Pskov during 1581. So the helpful interaction between Hungary and Poland during 1939-1945 was not a major surprise to many observers.

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