Budapest: Between East and West
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What Was Happening to Hungary in the First World War?
Hungary has always been a country within the Balkans. And there was growing nationalism within the Slavic peoples who were grossly underrepresented in Hungary during the 19th century. So what it would give the Austrians an empire more Slavic complexion, not boosting the kind of voice and role of Hungarians within it? Well, what was happening was that Hungary had, at that point, a third of Serbia, all of Croatia,. A third of what's present-day Romania. They thought that if they beat the Slavs clearly and the Russians to in war, that would put a stop to the nationalist demands in their own domains. That is why they were so insistent upon going to war
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