Hungary occupied and annexed territories during World War II that it had
lost to Yugoslavia in the Treaty of Trianon after World War I. On 11
April 1941, 80,000 Hungarian troops crossed the Yugoslav border to join
the German-led Axis invasion. Despite only sporadic resistance,
Hungarian troops killed many civilians during the invasion. The
Hungarian authorities deported tens of thousands of Serbs from the
territories, re-settling Hungarians from other parts of Hungary.
Resistance to the occupation began in the latter half of 1941, and in
January 1942 the Hungarian military conducted retaliatory raids that
killed over 3,300 people, mostly Serbs and Jews. In March 1944, when
Hungary began to negotiate with the Allies, Germany invaded and took
control of Hungary, including the annexed territories. The remaining
Jews were collected and transported to extermination camps, where 85 per
cent of those from the occupied territories died. The territories were
restored to Yugoslav control as the Germans were pushed out of the
region in late 1944 and 1945.
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_occupation_of_Yugoslav_territories>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1544:
Italian War of 1542–46: French and Spanish forces fought a
massive pitched battle in the Piedmont region of Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ceresole>
1814:
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed, ending the War of the
Sixth Coalition, and forcing Napoleon to abdicate as ruler of France and
sending him into exile on Elba.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fontainebleau_(1814)>
1913:
The Nevill Ground's pavilion was destroyed in the only
suffragette arson attack on a cricket ground.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Ground>
1951:
US President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements about the
Korean War that contradicted the administration's policies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Truman%27s_relief_of_General_Douglas_MacArthur>
1996:
While attempting to set a record as the youngest person to
pilot an airplane across the United States, the aircraft flown by seven-
year-old Jessica Dubroff crashed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, killing her and
two others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Dubroff>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
livid:
1. (informal) Very angry; furious.
2. Having a dark, bluish appearance.
3. Pallid.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/livid>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We still proclaim the old ideals of liberty but we cannot voice
them without anxiety in our hearts. The question is no longer one of
establishing democratic institutions but of preserving them. … The
arch enemies of society are those who know better but by indirection,
misstatement, understatement, and slander, seek to accomplish their
concealed purposes or to gain profit of some sort by misleading the
public. The antidote for these poisons must be found in the sincere and
courageous efforts of those who would preserve their cherished freedom
by a wise and responsible use of it. Freedom of expression gives the
essential democratic opportunity, but self-restraint is the essential
civic discipline.
--Charles Evans Hughes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Evans_Hughes>