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The article focuses on Hungary's secret peace talks with the U.S. and Great Britain (Allies) during World War II (WWII) and how the Allies' failure to capitalize on these offers of peace impacted their war strategy. The author explains how the Allies provoked a German invasion of Hungary to launch the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, explores how this decision put Hungary's Jewish population in danger and led to the final phase of the German-sponsored genocide program Holocaust, and analyzes the moral choices of the Allies.

The article focuses on events which transpired in Hungary in early August 1919. It discusses the powers of the Entente, including France, Great Britain, and the Russian Empire, which defeated Germany during World War I, and the government led by Hungarian Prime Minister and former trade union leader Gyula Peidl who repealed the measures taken by the République des Conseils in favor of the working class. Additional topics include the Conférence de la Paix held in Paris, France, (1919-1920) during which peace treaties were negotiated between the Allied powers and the losers of World War I and Hungarian and Romanian relations.