That almost brought a tear to my eye.
In a good way, I hope.
Looks like Hungary is finally settling down, though I wonder just how much is going to change there in the future, given the circumstances.
We haven't heard the last of Hungary or the Hungarians, especially since several thousand of them are on their way to central Africa.
8262830 said:
A lovely update, and tanks finally enter the fray
. Or, to suggest another name for them, considering they seem to be an Austrian invention, Panzers. Or maybe Cataphracts.
They were a Bohemian invention, actually - an improvement on Great War models by the company that in OTL would become Skoda. I'm not sure if anyone's bothered to name them yet, given that they saw only limited use in the Hungarian civil war, but they'll probably have a name by the next one.
Ouch, this war was brutal and reminds me of the beginnings of Turkey : a war for the very survival of a nation. So in the end, Austria got Pressburg and the Burgerland, the Slovaks something like OTL Slovakia (maybe without the very south of the country), we know the frontier in the south. However, where is the Frontier in the east, does it includes Cluj?
Slovakia lost some territory to Hungary in the south and Poland in the north as compared to OTL (Poland got nearly all of its territorial claims against the Slovaks).
Hungary kept more territory in the east than it did in OTL, but it doesn't have Cluj; on
this map, Bihor, Arad and Timiş counties are Hungarian.
You had a very nice idea with the kingdom of Transylvania (corresponding to Sicule land?).
It's the three counties at the very eastern end of Transylvania, along with bits and pieces of Mureş. Of course, it's a de facto vassal of Romania, given that it's completely surrounded by Romanian territory, but the Romanians and Hungarians are both tired enough of war to consider it the least bad option. It might eventually become another post-Westphalian data point. Eventually.
So now the Balkans are in an uneasy peace but a peace nonetheless, and Hungary doesn't look like the most welcoming place.
It isn't, but given what it's been through, that's probably to be expected.
Wow, the Poles preferred Slovaks over Hungarians? What happened to traditional Polish-Hungarian brotherhood? I must say I find it rather unlikely even if the Poles have hope to annex some border regions or vassalize the small country. I would think that the fact that the Hungarians are independent again would make the Poles overjoyed.
With the way the Austrian empire was going its possible relations soured due to Hungarian troops in being involved in repressing polish nationalist groups in Galicia.
That, along with (a) the chaotic and aggressive nature of the new Hungarian state; (b) the fact that the Poles on the Hungarian side of the border had a hard time during the civil war, with many becoming refugees; and (c) the fact that TTL's Poland is a German client and German priorities favor a smaller Hungary. Poland is happy enough that Hungary has regained its freedom, but would prefer a weak and compliant Slovak state on its border.
I'll defer to you on this, though; if you don't think that's enough to swing Poland to the Slovak side, I can change the last update so they stay neutral.
