Miklós Horthy person
also: Miklos, Horthy, Korthy, Admiral Horthy, Milcos Horthy, Hungarian Admiral Horthy, H-O-R-T-H-Y
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Claims (10)
Josip Broz Tito targeted_for_regime_change
Miklós Horthy documented
“repeatedly reached secret verdicts that they believed necessary to construct the post-war Germany. As early as the summer of 1945, Murphy was willing to defy U.S. treaty obligations concerning high-ranking Nazis and Axis collaborators when …”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 40:12
Miklós Horthy member_of
Hungary documented
“who had been a royal regent of Hungary and supreme commander of Hungarian armed forces during the years of alliance with the Nazi Germany. Horthy also shared personal responsibility for establishing the Hungarian race laws and the persecuti…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 40:41
Edvard Beneš targeted_for_regime_change
Miklós Horthy documented
“during Horthy's regime, and they felt justified in bringing formal charges against him at the War Crimes Tribunal. According to their agreements with the U.S., they seemed to have legal authority to prosecute him even in a Yugoslav court. T…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 41:08
Allen Dulles recruited
Miklós Horthy documented
“had been the centerpiece of Alan Dulles' recommendations to President Woodrow Wilson during the young diplomat's days as chief of the U.S. political intelligence for Central Europe. Horthy had emerged as something like a grand old man of Hu…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 42:38
Adolf Hitler removed_from_power
Miklós Horthy documented
“worried about Horthy's loyalty to him, so the Germans deposed him, installed a more compliant regime, and swept away hundreds of thousands of Hungarians to death camps. The U.S. Army captured Horthy during the summer of 1945 and interned hi…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 43:33
United States recruited
Miklós Horthy documented
“After his arrival, U.S. political advisor Murphy sought Washington's approval for Horthy's release. Legal advisors Green-Hackworth agreed, provided the Soviet Union did not formally object. The Soviets said nothing. Murphy wished to offer H…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 44:00
Robert Jackson covered_up
Miklós Horthy documented
“So according to the U.S. Embassy reports of the day, because many felt a trial would undermine the state's future. The chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, Robert Jackson, promised Horthy that if he cooperated with the U.S. political agenda,…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 44:57
United States covered_up
Miklós Horthy documented
“Officially, the former regent was supposed to notify US authorities if he moved, but other than that, he was free to do as he chose. Robert Murphy and the US ambassador to Hungary worked to clear Horthy's petition for permission to immigrat…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 47:13
Yugoslavia targeted_for_regime_change
Miklós Horthy documented
“by the Yugoslav War Crimes Commission, and he even cited the page and paragraph number. The Yugoslav government requested the American authorities at Wiesbaden for extradition of the Admiral and repeated this request again in 1946. The Yugo…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12b @ 48:37
Miklós Horthy installed
Hungary book_quoted
“counter-revolutionary government and begin aid and propaganda measures to sure this up. As things turned out, Wilson did not send gunboats to Budapest, but the Czechs and Romanians did indeed invade Hungary, and with their help, Hungarian A…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splenda Blond Beast #2 @ 30:11
Mentions (21)
▶ 30:11
counter-revolutionary government and begin aid and propaganda measures to sure this up. As things turned out, Wilson did not send gunboats to Budapest, but the Czechs and Romanians did indeed invade Hungary, and with their help, Hungarian A…
▶ 40:12
repeatedly reached secret verdicts that they believed necessary to construct the post-war Germany. As early as the summer of 1945, Murphy was willing to defy U.S. treaty obligations concerning high-ranking Nazis and Axis collaborators when …
▶ 40:41
who had been a royal regent of Hungary and supreme commander of Hungarian armed forces during the years of alliance with the Nazi Germany. Horthy also shared personal responsibility for establishing the Hungarian race laws and the persecuti…
▶ 41:08
during Horthy's regime, and they felt justified in bringing formal charges against him at the War Crimes Tribunal. According to their agreements with the U.S., they seemed to have legal authority to prosecute him even in a Yugoslav court. T…
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September 25, 1945, declared the ex-regent Horthy a war criminal. President Masaryk took a serious view of Horthy's activities, characterizing them as aggression and invasion of Czechoslovakia, persecution, responsible for cruelties, ill tr…
▶ 42:05
According to U.S. diplomatic report, the Czechoslovakians also brought charges against Horthy. But Horthy, as will be seen, was not an ordinary war criminal. Horthy had led the establishment of a Catholic monarchist state in Hungary after s…
▶ 42:38
had been the centerpiece of Alan Dulles' recommendations to President Woodrow Wilson during the young diplomat's days as chief of the U.S. political intelligence for Central Europe. Horthy had emerged as something like a grand old man of Hu…
▶ 43:06
They convinced themselves that Horthy had been quote-unquote forced to join the Axis. Horthy had always been a militarist in the mold of a Spain's Franco or Portuguese Salazar. In other words, he's a fascist. He preferred political and econ…
▶ 43:33
worried about Horthy's loyalty to him, so the Germans deposed him, installed a more compliant regime, and swept away hundreds of thousands of Hungarians to death camps. The U.S. Army captured Horthy during the summer of 1945 and interned hi…
▶ 44:00
After his arrival, U.S. political advisor Murphy sought Washington's approval for Horthy's release. Legal advisors Green-Hackworth agreed, provided the Soviet Union did not formally object. The Soviets said nothing. Murphy wished to offer H…
▶ 44:27
regime sympathetic to the U.S. In other words, he was controlled by America. The U.S. ambassador to Budapest, Rudolf Schoenfeld, believed that Hungary's post-war government in 1945 would secretly agree to this, providing that it did not do …
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So according to the U.S. Embassy reports of the day, because many felt a trial would undermine the state's future. The chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, Robert Jackson, promised Horthy that if he cooperated with the U.S. political agenda,…
▶ 45:23
Jackson then met with the Czechoslovakian and Yugoslavia war crimes officials, telling them that it would sit rather badly with the world if these countries tried the regent owing to Horthy's advanced age because he was over 70. In fact, Ja…
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offered the Yugoslavs a confidential deal under which Horthy would be formally charged with war crimes but not actually turned over to Yugoslavia for trial. The Yugoslavs rejected the overture, insisting that Horthy had to be transferred to…
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He sought to derail the Horthy prosecution when consideration of the case came up a few weeks later at the committee. They deadlocked over the case, split between Yugoslav and Czechoslovakia on one side and the U.S. and Brits on the other. …
▶ 46:49
and adjourned the war crimes charges stemming from the Hungarian invasion of its neighbors. This action satisfied the Czechs, who were feigned from further requests to have him put on trial. But the Yugoslavs would not give up. The U.S. mil…
▶ 47:13
Officially, the former regent was supposed to notify US authorities if he moved, but other than that, he was free to do as he chose. Robert Murphy and the US ambassador to Hungary worked to clear Horthy's petition for permission to immigrat…
▶ 47:42
on any charges, including crimes against humanity, even though the U.S. had itself supported such charges, they decided to renege on that. Imagine that. Some senior U.S. officials even made sure that Horthy was invited to U.S. diplomatic re…
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After noticing a news dispatch from Munich describing the wedding of U.S. Consul Sam Woods, the published invitation included a dozen senior officials, including Horthy. The Yugoslav ambassador has the honor to draw the attention of the Hon…
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by the Yugoslav War Crimes Commission, and he even cited the page and paragraph number. The Yugoslav government requested the American authorities at Wiesbaden for extradition of the Admiral and repeated this request again in 1946. The Yugo…
▶ 29:15
by the frank comments of Lucius Clay, William Draper, and others once it was over. Next chapter, which is named, it would be undesirable if this became publicly known. The political conflict among the allies over how to deal with the accuse…