Warszawa uprising?????

[Lusekofte]

Can anyone confirm this statement? 

[DD_Arthur]

What is the source of this information Luse?

 

[Art-J]

On 4/4/2024 at 5:35 AM, DD_Arthur said:

What is the source of this information Luse?

 

Probably the same Facebook profiles that share various historical "tidbits" ranging in their accuracy from "sailor's tales" to somewhat correct with a bit of exaggeration and ---- sprinkled on top for better clickbaiting effect.

 

With that being said, the general point of the message is roughly correct. As a Pole familiar more or less with Uprising history I can confirm that Hungarian 2nd Reserve Corps brought by Germans to help SS in sealing off the perimeter of the city was pretty open about not obeying orders related to participation in active combat against Poles. Actually, insurgents HQ was involved in secret negotiations with 2nd Corps CO, trying to persuade Hungarians to openly support us. Obviously, with Hungary still on Axis side at this stage, that was not an option, but back in Budapest, Admiral Horthy's priorities were pretty clear - in this pretty tense period (Romania just withdrew from Axis and Hungarian troops suffered heavy casualties pushing back against Soviet summer offensive), he wanted to get as many troops back to homeland as quickly as possible and helping Germans in mopping-up Warsaw was something noone on Hungarian side wanted to do.

 

I'm not familiar with any stories about fake ambushes being organized as the pic suggests, but in the end, records and memoirs confirm that Hungarians tried to at least be "friendly-neutral" to Poles. They contacted us, shared intel about German positions, provided some medical support and indeed, occasionally handed over some limited amount of armament. In the end, Germans, aware of this situation and obviously not happy about it, ordered 2nd Corps to be withdrawn. At the same time, some Hungarian troops were executed by Germans and are buried on cementaries around Warsaw to this very day, so I guess they must've done something more actively pro-Polish to be punished by SS in the ultimate way.

[DD_Arthur]

Thank you Art. Very interesting perspective.

In the UK, apart from academic publications and the Hungarian uprising of ‘56, the story of what happened in Eastern Europe between 1944 and 1990 is almost entirely unknown.