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King Louis II of Hungary ( Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664) After his father's death in 1516, the minor Louis II ascended to the throne of Hungary and Croatia. Louis was adopted by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1515. When Maximilian I died in 1519, Louis's cousin George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, became his legal guardian.
- Stalingrad. German – 1993. This is the second German offering on the battle of Stalingrad and has persevered a few decades to cement itself on my list. The “Dogs, do you want to live forever?”
- Brest Fortress. Belorussian/Russian – 2010. This is an intense film based on actual events of the defense of the Brest Fortress at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa in June of 1941.
- Unknown Soldier. Finland – 2017. This is the most recent addition to a host of films done about the Winter War and the subsequent “Continuation War” (Finland’s name for their involvement in WWII) with the Soviet Union from a Finnish perspective.
- Days of Glory. Morocco – 2006. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Days of Glory takes us a journey with African soldiers fighting for the Free French and centers on a half dozen lead characters with various backgrounds within France’s colonies.
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In 1945, Hungarian and German forces in Hungary were defeated by advancing Soviet armies. [5] Approximately 300,000 Hungarian soldiers and more than 600,000 civilians died during World War II, including between 450,000 and 606,000 Jews [6] and 28,000 Roma. [7] Many cities were damaged, most notably the capital Budapest.
Louis of Hungary. Louis of Hungary may refer to: Louis I of Hungary (king 1342–1382) Louis II of Hungary (king 1516–1526)
Elizabeth of Poland. Louis I the Great Croatian: Ludovik I) (March 5, 1326, Visegrád – September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Dalmatia, Jerusalem and Sicily from 1342 and of King of Poland from 1370. Louis was the head of the senior branch of the Angevin dynasty. He was one of Hungary 's most active and ...
Louis I (born March 5, 1326—died Sept. 10, 1382, Nagyszombat, Hung.) was the king of Hungary from 1342 and of Poland from 1370, who, during much of his long reign, was involved in wars with Venice and Naples.
Jan 15, 2024 · Louis established a university in Pécs in 1367, but it was closed within two decades because he did not arrange for sufficient revenues to maintain it. Louis inherited Poland after his uncle's death in 1370. In Hungary, he authorized the royal free cities to delegate jurors to the high court hearing their cases and set up a new high court.
