Government of National Unity (Hungary)

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The Government of National Unity (Hungary) was the short-lived, Nazi-backed collaborationist regime led by Ferenc Szálasi that ruled Hungary in the final months of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II regime
collaborationist government
puppet state government
alliedWith Fascist Italy (nominally, late war)
linked to: Fascist Italy

Nazi Germany
basedOn Arrow Cross Party dictatorship
cameToPowerThrough German-backed coup d'état
capital Budapest
conflict Eastern Front (World War II)
linked to: Eastern Front

World War II
controlledBy Arrow Cross Party
country Kingdom of Hungary
dissolutionCause Soviet military victory in Hungary
fall of Budapest in 1945
endTime 1945-05
establishedAsResultOf German occupation of Hungary
followedBy Provisional Government of Hungary (1944–1945)
governmentType one-party totalitarian regime
headOfGovernment Ferenc Szálasi
headOfState Ferenc Szálasi
headOfStateTitle Nemzetvezető (Leader of the Nation)
historicalPeriod late stages of World War II in Europe
historicalReputation collaborationist and genocidal regime
ideology Hungarism
antisemitism
fascism
ultranationalism
leader Ferenc Szálasi
legislativeStatus claimed continuity of the Kingdom of Hungary
notableEvent Arrow Cross terror in Budapest
officialLanguage Hungarian
opposedBy Allied powers
Hungarian resistance
Soviet Union
partOf Axis powers
politicalPartyInPower Arrow Cross Party
precededBy Regency of Miklós Horthy
recognizedBy Nazi Germany
other Axis-aligned states
region Central Europe
replaced Miklós Horthy as head of state
responsibleFor deportation of Hungarian Jews
mass killings on the banks of the Danube in Budapest
persecution of Jews in Hungary
startTime 1944-10-16
supportedBy Nazi Germany
territoryControlled parts of Hungary not yet occupied by the Red Army
usedSymbol Arrow Cross symbol
linked to: Arrow Cross

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Arrow Cross coup governmentFormed Government of National Unity (Hungary)
Regency of Miklós Horthy followedBy Government of National Unity (Hungary, 1944–1945)
linked to: Government of National Unity (Hungary)