Csoma, Mózes (2025) The Legend of ‘Magyar’ : A Hungarian Bomb Expert among the Korean Freedom Fighters in the Early 1920s. HONVÉDSÉGI SZEMLE, 153 (SI2). pp. 28-42. ISSN 2060-1506 (nyomtatott); 2732-3226 (elektronikus)
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Abstract
The Korean Peninsula commemorates the 80th anniversary of liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 2025. This anniversary makes a detailed investigation of a little-known legend relevant. According to a Korean patriotic book written in 1947, a Hungarian bomb expert provided assistance to Korean independence fighters in the 1920s. Based on the book, the person was a Hungarian prisoner of war during World War I in Russia, who later met a Korean independence activist in Mongolia and, at his persuasion, went to China, where he joined a Korean organization called Uiyoldan. This study attempts to investigate the truth behind the above legend and identify the mysterious ‘Magyar’ in the legend. The author collected and analyzed numerous archival sources to identify the wanted person.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Korea, Mongolia, China, independence fight, bomb factory, Hungarians, World War I, prisoners of war |
| Subjects: | U Military Science / hadtudomány > U1 Military Science (General) / hadtudomány általában |
| Depositing User: | Andrea Tankó |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2026 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2026 09:07 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/249358 |
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