A Kidnap Straight Out Of Hollywood In World War II
To Force Hungary to appoint a Nazi-backed government Germany kidnapped the Regent Miklos Horthy’s son
A piece of paper came to the Hungarian regent table from Germany. The document was all but a total surrender of Hungary to Germany.
The German Army had not entered Hungary then why the Hungarian Regent is about to sign the Hungarian surrender to Germany? Like bad guys in a classic Hollywood movie, the Nazis kidnapped Hungary Regent’s son and blackmailed him into signing the document. The Regent was Miklos Horthy, one of the most controversial men in Hungary.
World War I
Miklos Horthy was born to a lower nobility, and he belonged to the House of Magnates.
Horthy started his career in the Imperial Royal Naval academy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was fluent in many European languages. Horthy’s first action was in World War I, where he commanded the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet in the famous Battle of the Strait of Otranto.
