Overview

The condition of the Hungarian Armed Forces was in stark contrast to that of the Slovaks. Because of the small army imposed on them after World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, the Hungarians had had to concentrate on raising the quality rather than the number of their troops, resulting in a small, but highly professional cadre. Their air force, motorised and cavalry brigades had all been substantially re-equipped with modern German and Italian equipment in the mid-1930's, and the pick of them had been assembled for the invasion of Ruthenia and the subsequent thrust into eastern Slovakia, both of which they conducted with speed and efficiency.

VII Corps

Commander-in-Chief: Major-General András Littay

• 9th Independent Battalion (partially)
• 7th Independent Battalion
• 24th Independent Battalion
• 8th Honved Battalion
• 1st Cavalry Battalion (supported by 24 Ansaldo 35M tankettes
  L3/35
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• 2nd Cavalry Battalion (supported by 24 Ansaldo 35M tankettes)
• 2nd Motorised Battalion (supported by 5 Fiat 3000B light tanks
  Fiat 3000
  The Fiat 3000, whose design was based on that of the French Renault FT-17, was the first tank to be produced in series in Italy. It was to be the standard tank of the emerging Italian armored units in World War I.-History:...
  
  , 22 Ansaldo 35M tankettes and 3 Crossley 29M armoured cars
  Crossley Motors
  Crossley Motors was a British motor vehicle manufacturer based in Manchester, England. They produced approximately 19,000 high quality cars from 1904 until 1938, 5,500 buses from 1926 until 1958 and 21,000 goods and military vehicles from 1914 to 1945.Crossley Brothers, originally...
  
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The Hungarian Air Force

Ist Group/1st Fighter Regiment

• 1./1.V.szd. (based in Užhorod with 9 Fiat CR.32
  Fiat CR.32
  The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. This nimble little Fiat was compact, robust and highly manoeuvrable and gave impressive displays all over Europe in the hands of the Pattuglie Acrobatiche. The CR.32 fought in North and East Africa, in...
  
   fighter aircraft)
• 1./2.V.szd. (based in Miskolc with 9 Fiat CR.32 fighter aircraft)
• 1./3.V.szd. (based in Csop with 9 Fiat CR.32 fighter aircraft)
• VI.KF.szd. (based in Debrecen with 9 Manfred Weiss WM-16 tactical reconnaissance aircraft)
• VII.KF.szd. (based in Miskolc with 9 Manfred Weiss WM-21 tactical reconnaissance aircraft)

IInd Group/3rd Bomber Regiment

• 3./3.KB.szd. (based in Debrecen with 6 Junkers Ju-86K-2 bomber aircraft
  Junkers Ju 86
  The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s, and employed by both sides during World War II. The civilian model Ju 86B could carry 10 passengers. Two were delivered to Swissair and five to Luft Hansa...
  
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• 3./4.KB.szd. (based in Debrecen with 6 Junkers Ju-86K-2 bomber aircraft)
• 3./5.KB.szd. (based in Debrecen with 6 Junkers Ju-86K-2 bomber aircraft)

Sources

• Axworthy, Mark W.A. Axis Slovakia - Hitler's Slavic Wedge, 1938-1945, Bayside, N.Y. : Axis Europa Books, 2002, ISBN 1-891227-41-6