The opening exhibition at the Hungarian Institute & Museum of Military History is not an ordinary military showing. It intends to show war from the point of view of soldiers, as they saw the horror of wars from behind wire fences and the depth of trenches.

The three rivers in the title became symbols of the history of the 20th century of Hungary. The Piave was the river of the soldiers of WWI, the witness of the heroism of Hungarian soldiers. The River Don was the witness to the tragedy of Hungarian soldiers. The Danube is the symbol of our present, but it has seen many of falls and victories. These three rivers are three points of orientation in our messed up history.