Hungarian–Czechoslovak War
| Hungarian–Czechoslovak War | |||||||||
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| Part of the 1918–20 revolutions and interventions in Hungary | |||||||||
Territory recovered by the Hungarian Soviet Republic (light red) in today Slovakia and minor parts in today Hungary, in May–June 1919 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Hungarian Republic (until 21 March 1919) Soviet Hungary (from 21 March 1919) Supported by: Soviet Russia |
Czechoslovakia Hungarian anti-communists Supported by: France Romania Italy | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Mihály Károlyi Béla Kun Aurél Stromfeld Ferenc Julier Vilmos Böhm |
Tomáš Masaryk František Schöbl Josef Štika Josef Šnejdárek Josef Votruba | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 80,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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450 killed (regular army only) (some sources talks about 1,000 – 1,500 being killed) 3,691 wounded 471 captured 6,977 sick |
861 killed 2,830 wounded 343 captured 1,960 missing (in some sources counted as dead) 1,412 sick | ||||||||
The Hungarian–Czechoslovakian War, also known as the War for Upper Hungary, was a military conflict between Czechoslovakia and Hungary. It lasted from November 1918 until August 1919. The military operation launched by the Hungarian Red Army in 1919 against Czechoslovak forces referred as Northern Campaign (Hungarian: északi hadjárat) in Hungary.