The Red Guard ( Hungarian. Vörös Őrség ) - armed detachments of the Hungarian Communist workers. Created in 1919 for the defense of the Hungarian Soviet Republic from local counterrevolutionaries and foreign interventionists . The head was appointed Matthias Rakosi . Later, the Red Guard detachments were transformed into the Red Army . After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, many Hungarian Red Guards died during the White Terror or fled to Soviet Russia , where they continued to fight on the fronts of the civil war .
| Red Guard | |
|---|---|
| Hung Vörös Őrség | |
| Ideology | communism |
| The leaders | Rakoshi, Matthias |
| Headquarters |  Hungarian Soviet Republic , Budapest |
| Date of formation | 1919 |
| Date of dissolution | March 25, 1919 |
| Was reorganized into | Hungarian Red Army |
| Allies | Communist Party of Hungary , Hungarian Red Army , Leninists |
| Opponents | Czechoslovakia , Romania , National Army Miklos Horthy , Entente |
| Conflict participation | Czechoslovak-Hungarian war |
Red Guard, Hungary , 1919
The Red Guard was also formed in Bavaria , Denmark , Italy , Russia , Germany , Finland and other countries with developed labor movement.