The Hungarian troops were indeed in Denmark, as the majority of Hungary itself had been overrun. The capital Budapest fell after a prolonged siege in February 1945, and a German counter-offensive in March only served to denude the Axis of its last reserves. The Soviets struck as soon as the German attack had petered out.

The German command system was riddled with people that didn’t really trust the Hungarians. In March an order went out, that permitted any German commander to immediately disarm his subordinate Hungarian troops if they showed signs of defecting.

All Hungarian troops under 6th German Army were immediately disarmed.

The BDE (Befehlshaber der Eersatzarmee) ordered on 30 March 1945, that since all German training troops had been mobilised, any training of Hungarian units was impossible. Instead they would be used as labor troops.

About a week later, on 8 April 1945, it was decided that all Hungarian troops be concentrated in the Munich Wehrkreis. As no transport was available, the Hungarian troops in Northern Germany and Denmark were left there, though. In Denmark, they included:

The 90th, 91st and 92nd Replacement and Training Regiments as well as 3rd battalion of each 82nd and 93rd Replacement and Training Regiments in Jylland

The remainder of the 83rd Replacement and Training Regiment was on Sjælland.

They were all conscripts, by the way. The loss of their homeland, the clear coming defeat of Germany and Hungary as well as their disarmament and employment as forced laborers in a foreign country didn’t exactly help morale.

They were mobilized in late April, early May 1945.

For more detail: Leo W. G. Niehorster’s book “The Royal Hungarian Army, 1920-1945″