Pál Maléter

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Pál Maléter (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpaːl ˈmɒleːtɛr]; 4 September 1917 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian military officer and notable figure in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution who served as minister of defence in the third government of Imre Nagy. Maléter was born to Hungarian parents in Eperjes, a city in Sáros County, in the northern part of Kingdom of Hungary, today Prešov, Slovakia. He studied medicine at the Charles University, Prague, before moving to Budapest in 1938, going to the military academy there. He fought on the Eastern Front of World War II for the Axis, until captured by the Red Army. He became a communist, trained in sabotage, fought against the Germans in Transylvania and was sent back to Hungary, where he was noted for his courage and daring. In 1945 he joined the Hungarian Communist Party. In 1956 he was a Colonel and served with the General Staff in Budapest when during the Hungarian Uprising he was sent to relieve a unit at the Kilian barracks with some tanks and...

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