Highly Recommended

I have just discovered this apparently very solidly researched work on a subject not hitherto well covered in my collection:

'Battle For Budapest, 100 Days in World War II' 
by Kristián Ungváry, 
pub 2005 ISBN 1 85043 667 6
www.ibtauris.com

I particularly enjoyed this from the introduction. A conversation between a bemused American State Department official and the Hungarian chargé d'affaires on the occasion of Hungary's unexpected declaration of war on the United States.

'Is Hungary a republic?'
'No, it is a kingdom.'
'Then you have a king?'
'No, we have an admiral.'
'Then you have a fleet?'
'No, we do not have any sea.'
'Do you have any claims, then?'
'Yes.'
'Against America?'
'No.'
'Against England?'
'No.'
'Against Russia?'
'No.'
'But against whom do you have these claims?'
'Against Romania.'
'Then will you declare war on Romania?'
'No, sir. We're allies.'

Dohh...

Ian Daglish
Operation GOODWOOD
The Great Tank Charge
pub Pen & Sword
ISBN 1 84415 030 

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