While documenting myself on Paradox's games and particularly Hearts of Iron IV, I noticed that if you play as Hungary, you get the possibility of restoring the Hapsburgs on their throne should you wish to do so.
This got me wondering if this was really actually plausible at any point and under what conditions. From what I know of Hungary's history, it doesn't seem that plausible for the Hapsburgs to be able to recover their thrones as Horthy had already prevented it in 1920. And given that he stayed in power until the World War II and that Hungary then became Communist, I doubt a monarchical restoration was a serious possibility.
Still, out of curiosity and because I'm not a master on Hungarian history, I wanted to ask this here. Was a Hapsburg restoration possible at any point in Hungary? And if so, under what conditions?
Also, would this have been possible in Austria?
This got me wondering if this was really actually plausible at any point and under what conditions. From what I know of Hungary's history, it doesn't seem that plausible for the Hapsburgs to be able to recover their thrones as Horthy had already prevented it in 1920. And given that he stayed in power until the World War II and that Hungary then became Communist, I doubt a monarchical restoration was a serious possibility.
Still, out of curiosity and because I'm not a master on Hungarian history, I wanted to ask this here. Was a Hapsburg restoration possible at any point in Hungary? And if so, under what conditions?
Also, would this have been possible in Austria?