Paratroopers (Ejtoernyosok), Hungary

system · August 9, 2021, 5:09am

A group of Honved paratroopers line up for inspection. Though numbering only a thousand or two, they fought hard defending Budapest during the siege of 1944-1945, deployed as regular infantry, using Hungarian submachine guns.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/hungarian-forces/38678/paratroopers-(ejtoernyosok)-hungary

Evillittlekenny · April 9, 2011, 3:07pm

Did they ever make combat drops?

system · August 9, 2021, 5:09am

Gulfview · April 9, 2011, 5:37pm

As far as I can gather, they parachuted into combat only once, on April 12, 1941, during the advance into Bacska province held by Serbia. Their mission was to occupy certain bridges before the arrival of the ground troops and it was successfully accomplished.