Hungarians in the Spanish Legion?

János Besenyő

doi:10.31261/SPUS.2019.26.02

Published: 2019-09-30

Vol. 26 (2019)

Hungarians in the Spanish Legion?

János Besenyő

Section: International Relations

https://doi.org/10.31261/SPUS.2019.26.02

Abstract

The research was conducted on the activities of Hungarian emigrants in the Spanish Legion. It was assumed that the Hungarians provided an important manpower supply for the Spanish Legion and the Spanish army, including in the Spanish Civil War. Examining the facts, it can be concluded that the Hungarian soldiers’ participation in the earlier North African wars and the Spanish conflicts had an important effect on the area’s geopolitical situation, and it is possible to assume that veterans played a relevant role in the ongoing military and intelligence war between the West and the East.

Keywords:

Spanish Sahara , Spanish Legion , Hungarian Royal Gendarme Veterans’ Association , Rif War , Western Sahara

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Besenyő, J. (2019). Hungarians in the Spanish Legion?. Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis, 26, 25–44. https://doi.org/10.31261/SPUS.2019.26.02

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János Besenyő

besenyo.janos@phd.uni-obuda.hu
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7198-9328

Affiliation:

Doctoral School for Safety and Security Sciences, Óbuda University Hungary

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

János Besenyő had more than 31 years of experience in the Hungarian Armed Forces. In his last assignment as colonel he led the General Staff, Scientific Research Centre more than 4 years. He is an assistant professor of University of Obudai and teaching African history, European security and defence, and conflict management. He is a lecturer in National Public Service University, Budapest (Doctoral School of Military Sciences), Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest (Doctoral School of History) and Eszterházy Károly University of Applied Sciences, Eger (Doctoral School of History) about African History, African conflicts, Hungarian participation in African peace operations, Western Sahara, terrorism, migration, Christian-Muslim relations, Hungarian-African relations.

Vol. 26 (2019)
Published: 2019-09-30

ISSN: 1895-3492

eISSN: 2353-9747

10.31261/spus

Publisher

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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