Kingdom of Hungary

Budapest

Authoritarian, Oligarchic

Neutral

Hungary is a landlocked minor power in central Europe. Its neighbors are Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia and Austria.

Events[edit]

Main article: Hungarian events

Main articles: Hungarian events DoD 1, Hungarian events DoD 2

National focus[edit]

Hungarian national focus tree.

Main article: Hungarian national focus tree

The Kingdom of Hungary, along with three other nations situated between Germany and the Soviet Union, gets a unique national focus tree as part of the Death or Dishonor expansion. Without the expansion, Hungary utilizes the Generic national focus tree instead.

The Hungarian national focus tree can be divided into 3 branches and 6 sub-branches:

Political Branch

This branch allows Hungary to change its political stance.

Strengthen the Monarchists Sub-branch

This branch allows Hungary to elect a Democratic, Fascist, or a Habsburg King and could potentially re-create the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Strengthen Fascists Sub-branch

This branch allows Hungary to become Fascist and create Greater Hungary and either join the Axis or create their own faction with Italy.

Council of People's Commissars Sub-branch

This branch allows Hungary to become Communist and join the Comintern.

Industrial Revitalization Branch

This branch allows Hungary to develop its industry and unlock research slots. One of its sub-branches is connected to the Establish the Air-Force sub-branch.

Secret Rearmament Branch

This branch allows Hungary to cast off the Treaty of Trianon and start researching military tech.

Establish the Air-Force Sub-branch

This sub-branch allows the research and licensing of the Airforce.

Army Maneuvers Sub-branch

This sub-branch gives research bonuses for various types of Army equipment.

Naval Warfare Sub-branch

This sub-branch deals with the Navy but requires that Hungary controls a coastal state as they lack one in 1936.

Politics[edit]

Ideology[edit]

Hungary starts in 1936 as a non-aligned country with an election in March of 1939. The ruling party in 1936 is the F48P and its leader is Miklós Horthy. Hungary in the 1939 game start is a fascist country.

National Spirits[edit]

Without the Death or Dishonor DLC enabled, Hungary starts with no national spirits. With the Death or Dishonor DLC enabled, Hungary starts off with the Treaty of Trianon, which disarms Hungary. This can be removed by either negotiating with the Little Entente, proposing the Bled Agreement, or by renouncing it if you choose the fascist route of the tree.

Treaty of Trianon

Recruitable Population: -0.50%
Military Factory construction speed -50.00%

The Treaty of Trianon is, in many ways, similar to the Treaty of Versailles, crippling our military and preventing rearmament. Seeing it altered or abolished must be our premier goal. We can do this by seeking a Rapprochement with the Little Entente, proposing the Bled Agreement, or by renouncing it altogether. The last option will be widely considered as very aggressive and may provoke a strong response.

Political Parties[edit]

Political Party	Ideology	Popularity	Party Leader	Country Name	Is Ruling?
Szociáldemokrata Párt (SZDP)	Democratic	25%	Árpád Szakasits	Republic of Hungary	No
Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja (KMP)	Communist	0%	Mátyás Rákosi	Hungarian People's Republic	No
Horthy Government	Fascist	31%	Miklós Horthy	Hungary	No
Függetlenségi és 48-as Párt (48P)	Non-Aligned	44%	Miklós Horthy	Kingdom of Hungary	Yes
Legitimists	Non-Aligned	----	Otto von Habsburg	Kingdom of Hungary	No, but can came to power via national focus.
Legitimists	Non-Aligned	----	Franz Ferdinand V von Melckenburg-Schwerin	Kingdom of Hungary	No, but can came to power via national focus.

Diplomacy[edit]

Hungary begins with claims on Czechoslovakia's territory, namely in Southern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia.

Advisors[edit]

Political Advisors
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Kálmán Kánya	Compassionate Gentleman	Improve relations opinion: +15%	150
Lajos Reményi-Schneller	Captain of Industry	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
Vilmos Rőder	War Industrialist	Military Factory construction speed: +10% Dockyard construction speed: +10%	150
Gusztáv Gratz	Staunch Monarchist	Daily Support for Unaligned: +0.10	150
Kálmán Darányi	Smooth-Talking Charmer	Trade deal opinion factor: +10%	150
Zoltán Tildy	Silent Workhorse	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
László Rajk	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.10	150
József Széll	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10	150
Gyula Gömbös de Jákfa	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.10	150

Technology[edit]

Hungary begins 1936 with 3 research slots, this may expanded to 5 via the Industrial Revitalization path in their national focus tree.

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
FEG 35M (Infantry eq. I) Recon Company I Great War Tank 8cm M1905 (Towed Artillery)	None	AVIS III (Interwar Fighter) WM-16 (Close Air Support I)	None
Doctrines
None	None	None

Designers, Concerns & Theorists[edit]

Tank Designers
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Armor Company	Tank Designer	Armor Research Time: -10% Armor Reliability: +5% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Ship Designers
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Ganz Danubius	Ship Designer	Naval Research Time: -10% Requires Naval Warfare focus in order to select.	150

Aircraft Designers
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Naval Air Company	Naval Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% CV Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Heavy Air Company	Heavy Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
M.W. Aircraft	Light Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Medium Air Company	Medium Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Materiel Designers
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Artillery Company	Artillery Designer	Artillery Research Time: -10%	150
Motorization Company	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Time: -10%	150
Fegyver- és Gépgyár	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Time: -10%	150

Industrial Concerns
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
MÁVAG	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Time: -10%	150

Theorists
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Shvoy Kálmán	Military Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Land Doctrine Research Time: -7%	150
György Jendrassik	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Air Doctrine Research Time: -7%	150

Economy[edit]

Laws[edit]

Conscription Law	Economy Law	Trade Law
Disarmed Nation 1% Recruitable population	Civilian Economy 35% Consumer Goods factories –30% Factory construction speed +30% Factory (type) conversion cost -40% Fuel Gain per Oil -25% Fuel Capacity	Export Focus 50% Resources to market +5% Research speed +10% Factory/Dockyard output +10% Construction speed

Resources[edit]

Oil	Aluminum	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium
2 *(-1)	160 (-80*)	0 (0)	5 *(-3)	0 (0)	0 (0)

*Indicates how many resources are reserved for the international market due to trade laws.

Industry[edit]

6 Military Factories	10 *(-5) Civilian Factories

*Indicates how many civilian factories are required to produce consumer goods due to economy laws.

Military[edit]

Hungary's military mostly consists of 14 Infantry divisions (one division made up by 6 INF battalions), 2 Cavalry divisions (4 CAV battalion and a Recon company), and a small air force. However, all of these divisions are at less than half-strength, as Hungary has a mere 52 men in reserve at the start of the game.

Army[edit]

14Infantry Divisions	2Cavalry Division

Total: 16 Divisions | Manpower Used: 41.30k

Navy[edit]

Hungary doesn't have any naval forces or convoys as it is a landlocked nation.

Air Force[edit]

12 Close Air Support	12 Tactical Bombers	72 Fighters

Manpower used:2.16k

Military Staff[edit]

Chief of Army
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Ferenc Szombathelyi	Army Defense (Expert)	Division Defense: +10%	150
Hugó Sónyi	Army Offense (Expert)	Division Attack: +10%	150

Chief of Navy
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Francois Deak	Naval Reformer (Expert)	Naval Experience Gain: +10%	150
Reszö Kastner	Naval Maneuver (Expert)	Naval Speed: +10%	150

Chief of Airforce
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Béla Rákosi	Ground Support (Expert)	Air Superiority: +10%	150
Sándor Magyarossy	Air Combat Training (Specialist)	Ace Generation Chance: +5%	150

Military High Command
Name	Type	Effect	Cost
Gusztáv Jány	Armor (Specialist)	Armor Division Attack: +5% Armor Division Defense: +5%	150
Deszo László	Army Regrouping (Expert)	Division Recovery Rate: +8%	150
Jenő Rátz	Air Combat Training (Expert)	Ace Generation Chance: +10%	150
Henrik Werth	Cavalry (Expert)	Cavalry Attack: +10% Cavalry Defense: +10% Motorized Attack: +10% Motorized Defense: +10% Mechanized Attack: +10% Mechanized Defense: +10%	150

Strategies and guides[edit]

When playing Hungary, there are two achievements you can gain: Miklós Horthy And The Habsburg Prince and Better Than Szent István. Let's look at the Habsburg Prince achievement. For one, you need to do the focus Balanced Budget and elect Otto von Habsburg to the Habsburg throne. Then you need to demand a referendum on unification with Austria, and there are two outcomes: war or unification. If Austria peacefully unifies, that means they have voted to reunite. If Austria chooses no or denies the referendum, then go to war. Put your troops on the border and head for the cities. Capturing Vienna and Salzburg will end the war quickly enough for you to annex it before Germany does the Anschluss. From there, you can proclaim the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Your capital will stay in Budapest.

For the rest of the achievement, you have to do some invasions. You need Franche-Comté, Lombardy, Emiliano Romagna, Tuscany, Oberschlesien, Lebanon, Palestine, all of Hungary, all of Austria, and all of Czechoslovakia to get the achievement. Completing the rest of the Habsburg Prince achievement means war with Italy, Germany, France and Britain.

With historical AI disabled, the fastest way is to invade Germany first. Head north, take the cities and annex Germany. This will get you two provinces closer. Next, invade France. Just heading into the Maginot Line is going to be a suicide mission, so head through Belgium (Schlieffen 2: Electric Boogaloo) and Britain is almost certainly going to guarantee France or Belgium, so you can also bring down Britain with them. And Italy might just join the Axis to bog you down, so hoping that the Austro-Hungarian military has been built up significantly, you can do a mass invasion of Western Europe. Getting to Paris will bring down the French, and they will surrender after about half of the country is occupied. Then go around Switzerland to Italy's western border and attack. This will be a surprise attack for the Italians, so rush down the peninsula and do a naval invasion of Palestine and Lebanon. Go down to Egypt, seize the Suez Canal (you should also have seized Malta and Cyprus by now) and march into Algeria. Once you have Algiers, navally invade Gibraltar. This will make supply lines to the British Raj and the Antipodes longer and costlier, weakening the eastern half of the British Empire. Then put all your troops on the north coast of France and navally invade England. When the treaties come, take as much land as possible and what you also need for the achievement. As soon as you hold all the provinces necessary, you can get the achievement.

With historical AI enabled, one approach (that requires a bit of luck) is to annex Austria & Czechoslovakia peacefully, then right after demanding Transylvania, you generate a war goal on Yugoslavia (Romania will refuse, giving you a short-lived buff that allows generating war goals regardless of world tension), and declare war. Being at war gets rid of Treaty of Trianon, so you should have some saved up political power to change conscription & economy laws. If Romania ceded all of Transylvania, you can reintegrate the empire after annexing Yugoslavia, giving you cores on most of your new territory and on some Italian states, if they didn't, you have to pick the March to the Shore focus to get some claims on Italy for later. While Hitler will demand Sudetenland (most likely early in 1939), it is possible to avoid war by fortifying your border with Germany (at least level 4 forts, though higher is better) and having a large enough air force to protect them from bombers—this does require a huge industrial investment however, an alternative approach is temporarily parting with the Sudetenland (preferably after dismantling its forts) and spend that time expanding your industry instead. After a few months, Hitler should get into a war with the Allies. At this point, you've probably generated too much world tension to be allowed into the Allies, but you can join the war soon after by generating a war goal for one of your cores or claims in Italy. After Hitler breaks the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, you can join Comintern to get Stalin's aid in conquering states from Britain & France later on.

To get Better Than Szent István, the most straightforward way is to construct dockyards (e.g. in Yugoslavia) and build a battleship, though contrary to the achievement's description, you don't have to build the battleship yourself, acquiring one by puppeting & annexing a naval power like Italy or Britain also works (assuming the Together for Victory DLC is active).