International events that forced the continuous improvements of the officers’ basic training and the more important elements of the Hungarian officers’ ”quality” in the early 1960s

Abstract

In November-December 1956, the political leadership of Hungary decided to build up a new, up-to-date force on the ruins of the Hungarian People’s Army. Derived to this, and from political reasons, a mass of officers had left the army. At the same time, the tension of the cold war and the feasibility of the war itself raised significantly in the early 1960s. This led to the necessity of building-up arms and to the continuous modernization. To cope with this, it needed to make a well trained officer corps with modern accomplishment. The Author introduces the most important elements of this journey that lead to the 1967 autumn establishment of the military colleges.