Royal Hungarian Army
| Hungarian National Army Magyar Nemzeti Hadsereg (1919–1920) Royal Hungarian National Army Magyar Királyi Nemzeti Hadsereg (1920–1922) Royal Hungarian Army Magyar Királyi Honvédség (1922–1945) | |
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Infantry colour of the Royal Hungarian Army (1939–45) | |
| Active | 6 June 1919 – 8 May 1945 |
| Country | Hungarian Republic Kingdom of Hungary |
| Type | Army |
| Size | 115,447 (1920) 35,000 (1921) 57,648 (1930) 85,332 (1937) 1,000,000 (1944) |
| Garrison/HQ | Budapest |
| Nickname(s) | MKH |
| Motto(s) | Királyért és hazáért "For King and Country" |
| Anniversaries | 28 June |
| Engagements | Subcarpathia Slovak–Hungarian War World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Supreme Warlord | Miklós Horthy (1919–44) Ferenc Szálasi (1944–45) |
| Commander-in-Chief | Pál Nagy (1922–25) Hugó Sónyi (1936–40) |
| Chief of the General Staff | Viktor Lorx (1922) Károly Beregfy (1944–45) |
| Notable commanders | Károly Beregfy Lajos Csatay Elemér Gorondy-Novák Gusztáv Jány Géza Lakatos Dezső László Béla Miklós Vilmos Nagy Lajos Veress |
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| Insignia (1942–1945) | |
| War Flag (1919–1939) | |
| War Flag (1939–1945) | |
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The Royal Hungarian Army (Hungarian: Magyar Királyi Honvédség, German: Königlich Ungarische Armee) was the name given to the land forces of the Kingdom of Hungary in the period from 1922 to 1945. Its name was inherited from the Royal Hungarian Honvéd which went under the same Hungarian title of Magyar Királyi Honvédség from 1867 to 1918. Initially restricted by the Treaty of Trianon to 35,000 men, the army was steadily upgraded during the 1930s and fought on the side of the Axis powers during World War II.