Hungarian Forces

Returning Hungarian POW's, 1945

In the absence of any information about this group, all I can do is make some educated guesses. Their relaxed demeanor suggests that they were returning to and not leaving Hungary. The style of visored cap worn by many of them was issued late in the war, thus suggesting capture in Austria and not in the East. The American style boots worn and carried by one of them may also imply contact with soldiers from the land of plenty -- the good old US of A.