The Hungarian paratroopers during the WW2 era were transported by Italian-built Savoia Marchetti planes, like the one above, which proved to be quite reliable in service.

Hungarian Paratroop Transporter

When Regent Horthy entered the war on the side of Germany in June, 1941, bypassing the authorization of parliament, few people in the country were elated about the event. The unhappy mood seems to apply to this infantry  unit of the First Army marching ahead somewhere in Galicia.

Hungarian First Army in Galicia, 1941

When Hungary began her rearmament in 1938, among the many steps taken was the formation of a paratrooper unit. Many qualified soldiers responded to the call to volunteer and a unit of four-hundred tough paratroopers was trained. Equipped with automatic small arms, they saw action first in 1941, during the German/Hungarian drive into Yugoslavia, when Hungary sought to recover the lost territory of Southern Hungary.