27/4/1919 Czechoslovakia attacks! War on two fronts for Soviet Hungary

The Hungarian Soviet Republic has been invaded from the south by Romania. Now it finds itself battling the Czechoslovaks in the north. Like the Romanians, the Czechoslovaks claim that it is Hungary’s attempts at communist subversion in its territory that has obliged it to attack, but the real reason is territorial ambition: Prague wants to extend its border southwards and bring more Slovaks into Czechoslovakia.

Facing war on two fronts Béla Kun‘s communist regime now appeals to Hungarian patriotism and sets about raising an army to fight against the invaders.

Czechoslovak troops (Wikipedia: Hungarian–Czechoslovak War)