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On inspection tour

Colonel General Karoly Beregfy, here in his role as Minister of Defense, talking to a Hungarian soldier during an inspection tour of the Eastern Front; 1944. Károly Beregfy (12 February 1888 – 12 March 1946) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1944–45 in the Arrow Cross Party government.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/hungarian-forces/59417/on-inspection-tour

More specifically, the right-radical Beregfy is inspecting the defensive lines being built east of Budapest before the start of the Soviet attack in November, 1944. He and his chief Szalasi, nonetheless, bolted from the capital just in time in December.