Rongyos Gárda
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The "Rongyos Gárda" (Scrubby or Ragged Guards) were a non-regular paramilitary unit in Hungary, active in 1921 then reestablished in 1938.
The Treaties of
The Guards' primary goal was to reduce the land loss after the 1920
The Guards were reorganised in 1938 on the eve of Hungarian-Czechoslovak negotiations, which took place between October 9 and October 13, 1938, in Komárno aiming to resolve the territorial conflict between the two sides. The guerillas began to infiltrate into southern Slovakia and Ruthenia. The military pressure contributed to the decision of the Czechoslovak government to accept an international arbitration to solve the territorial dispute.
The historic role of the Scrubby Guards is disputed. Some historians claim they were saviors of Hungarian land, the only ones fighting the Trianon Peace Pact's dictations. During the communist rule they were depicted as savage terrorists, who killed innocent people. Parts from Pál Prónays diary were published during the 1960s in order to disseminate these views. The first books about their activity were only published after 1989. The existence of the Guards was rarely mentioned in Hungarian textbooks before the millennium.
Notable members
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See also
- Uprising in West-Hungary
- Hungary during World War II
References
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- Bela Bodo: Paramilitary violence in Hungary after the first world war. East European Quarterly, June, 2004.
- Bálint István János: A Rongyos Gárda harcai, 1919-1939, Magyar Ház könyvek, Budapest, 1999.
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