WWII Royal Hungarian Air Force Pilot Aviator Dress DaggerThe Kingdom of Hungary fought as part of the Axis powers in the Invasion of Yugoslavia, against the Soviet Union as part of the Luftwaffe VIII. Fliegerkorps on the Eastern Front and also in the Battle for Hungary against the USAAF as well as the Red Army Air Force.Beginning March 1944, Allied bomber raids began on Hungary and progressively increased in intensity. The 101st "Puma" fighter group (later wing) was a small but elite unit of the MKHL fighting the overwhelming might of the US 15th Air Force.Late in 1944 all efforts were redirected towards countering the advancing Red Army, but to no avail.Some Hungarian Air Force units fought on after the fall of Hungary, operating from Austria or Germany until the end of the war.All fighting in Hungary ended on 16 April 1945.CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS