Military history of Hungary

The military history of Hungary includes battles fought in the Carpathian Basin and the military history of the Hungarian people regardless of geography.

For more information on the Árpád dynasty, see Árpád dynasty.

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Early Hungarian warfare
See also: Hungarian invasions of Europe and Principality of Hungary

The first well established reference to Hungarians derives from Georgius Monachus' work in the 9th century. It mentions that around 837 the Bulgarian Empire desired an alliance with the Hungarians.[1] Although the Hungarians supposedly participated earlier at the Battle of Pliska in 811.[2] The Hungarians began the conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895. They continued to raid adjacent countries for many years. The Hungarians were able to defeat three major Frankish imperial armies between 907 and 910.[3]

After the Battle of Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary fell apart. The southern part, as a result of Ottoman conquest, was annexed by the Ottoman Empire. The eastern region broke off from Hungary, and became a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. Habsburg Austria claimed a section, known then as Royal Hungary.

Notable battles
See also: List of wars involving Hungary

References
  1. Tóth, Sándor László (1998). Levediától a Kárpát-medencéig (From Levedia to the Carpathian Basin). Szeged: Szegedi Középkorász Műhely. ISBN 963-482-175-8.
  2. Király, Péter. Gondolatok a kalandozásokról M. G. Kellner "Ungarneinfälle..." könyve kapcsán.
  3. Peter Heather, Empires and Barbarians, Pan Macmillan, 2011

Sources
  • Bohn, H.G. (1854). Hungary and Its Revolutions from the Earliest Period to the Nineteenth Century. London. ASIN B000H48F74.

Further reading
  • Miklós, Molnár; Anna Magyar (2001). A Concise History of Hungary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–138. ISBN 0-521-66736-4.
  • Szemere, Bertalan (1860). Hungary from 1848 to 1860.pdf. Cambridge: R. Bentley. pp. 1–269. ISBN 0-521-66736-4.
  • Lendvai, Paul; Jeferson Decker (2003). The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 1–664. ISBN 0-691-11406-4.
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