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Hey Guys,

In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon was signed, this was signed between the Kingdom of Hungary (seen as a direct successor of Austria-Hungary) and the Entente powers. This treaty led to the Kingdom of Hungary losing around three quarters of its territory, along with losing about 64% of its population. This loss of territory also led to most of the firearm manufacturers being left in independent nations (mainly Austria and Czechoslovakia). It's air force and navy were destroyed and the army reduced to just 35,000 men (much like what happened to Germany after the Treaty of Versailles).

This gave rise to the political view of 'Greater Hungary', which was the main reason as to why Hungary allied itself with Nazi Germany to gain land from Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia.

But the main point of this thread I want to ask is: Could Hungary have gone against the Treaty later much like Germany did, without the retaliation of the Allies? Also how successful could a rebuilding and expansion of the military be in Hungary?
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