The lucky few POW's who were allowed to return after the war were warmly welcomed by their women at various railroad stations around the country. Notice, the women are numerous...

A POW Returns to Hungary

The Horthy regime, hoping for a quick German victory on the Russian front in 1941, hardly anticipated a drawn-out struggle, particularly with the United States. But the American participation was soon felt not only on the Eastern front, where US supplies and weapons played an important role, but also by the many bomber raids aimed at military and industrial targets. The  Bofors-MAVAG 800mm AA gun above, hidden in a cornfield, was  a component of Hungary's  limited air defenses.

Bofors-MAVAG Anti-aircraft Artillery (Hungary)

Moscow hoped to reduce its huge manpower losses after the war by keeping hundreds of thousands of POW's as forced laborers in mines, factories, and farms. Most POW's worked in European Russia and not in Siberia. Here a group of Hungarian young men work at a manufacturing facility in Odessa, Ukraine, 1947.