ORDER OF BATTLEAND HANDBOOK

OF THE

HUNGARIAN ARMED FORCESFEBRUARY 1944

W A R D E P A R T M E N TW A S H I N G T O N 25, D. C.

FOREWORD

This volume contains the latest available information on all.the important aspects of the Hungarian Armed Forces. Sec-1 tiona I to V explain the basic organization and the mobilizationand training systems of the Army. Sections VI to VIII giveinformation about uniforms, equipment, arid conventionalmilitary symbols. Section IX is a note on the Navy (RiverForces), and section X is concerned with the Air Force.Sections XI to XIII give the more transitory information onthe identification, composition, and commanders of specificunits of the Army, constituting the order of battle in thenarrower sense.

Section XIV is a glossary of military and related terms inHungarian, with common abbreviations, and their Englishequivalents. It is designed merely as an aid to intelligencepersonnel in the evaluation of documents in the field. No at-tempt is made to indicate the intricacies of the' Hungarianlanguage.

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CONTENTS

S-ti.m I. IN-THODi:CT10X._

2. German Influence on (he Army. ..3. Components of the Armed Fon.

a. Ga neralb. Army.c. Air Force..rf. Semi military force*

II. THE HIGH COMMAND4. AdniiniBtrntion ( the Armcil Korrm,..

H. General6. Supreme Defense Council . .

5. Ministry of Nationivl Dcfen*.u. General -fc. Organiiation _ _._

fi. General Staff.... _n Orgnniiation6. Operations Group

r. Bureau of Discipline./. General S(aft Girp

I I I . HASIC STRUCTURE OF THE AllllV. 7. Annie*8. Corp*....B. Divisions _

a. Introductionb. Territorial distribution of

SprtM.il IV. TRAINING.-12. Premililary TrwninK13. Draft of I ' , r. . : '

a.- For the Army..fc. For other force*

14. Military Training..a. Regular nffiftn ..._6. Reerve offiww _c. Servic* schoota _d. tteuenl SUIT School -

15. Replnrement Training System.V. ORGANIZATION OF SUBORDINATE UNITS

1 fi. Armies.17. Con*- -

B. Corp*.6. Mobile run*.

18. Uiviiioni

b. Motorutul

d. IJnc-of-cmimiunintion10. BriRadfs.__

a. Infsnlryft. Motorized _e. Csvalry. _ _

Swlinn VII. WEAPONS.25. Introduction.

a. Rifles.6. Machine guns.....c. Antitank rifled. Morten

27. Artillery Weaponsa. Antitank and untinirrmftb. Light field and mountain artillery

V I I I . MILITARY SYMBOLS28. Basic Symbols.

a. Introductionb. Symbols

29. Combined Symbol*.

IX. XAVY (RIVER FORCES!30. River Forces._ _-__

X. AIR FORCE..31. General.32. Operation.1 C

Srrlioi, X I I . TABLKS ()! I I J U X T I L - I K D I'XlTrt C'uii lmiie.1.4(1. Cavalry Squmiruii*.47. Engineer Battalions4S. Troop Trains49. Frontier Guard Battalions -

X1I1. SENIOR OFFICERS

u. I'se of the roster ..

fll. Ranks.62. Roster c,f Senior Officers

XIV. GLOSSARY Or MILITARY AMD RELATED TERMS

a. Vwc!a._li. Consonants...

55. Huiiwman-Eniilish (Magyar-.lnyol) Glossary

ILLUSTRATIONSFigurt

1. Chain of command in wartinie.2. Administration of (lie Armed. Purrca in poacetime....3. Orgitniidtion of the Ministry of Natiomil Defense.4. Orgaiiiiation of the General SUM

8. Tfttrs armored cnr: Tatra nrmured care: Ttil.ru nrmoralcur bearing recognition symbol on its right Kde

7. Swedish-made 7-ton light tank (Lundsverk 60)8. Halmn-mftile Fiat 3-ton tanksa. HutiKarian G-by-ti jjcraiinnnl and t'arnu carrierU. Organiiation of tlie army, the corps, uiul tbu infantry liiviaiou

~i. Ofgiuiiaitiun of the mobile corps..3. Organization of tbc motorized brigade4. UrgtiiHiution of the cavalry brigattt

7. Oigaiiiziitiun of the regimental stall

9. Organization uf tins ritlo company.20. Organization uf tliu iiiaL-hiue-KUn company..

rifur* ILLUSTRATIONS-Continued

22. Organization of the heavy-mortar company23, Organization of the artillery regiment2*. Organiiation of the artillery battalion. _

26. Organization of the engineer company..., _27. Organiialion of the signal platoon.

30. Composition of division (brigade) tnum.- _31. Officers' uniforms.. 32. Infantry on the march. _33. Infantry rifleman _ _ -U. InsiguiH of rank38. Kirlos in use by the Hungarian Army: Austrian Mannlicber

8-mm (carbine), M31; Mauser 8-uim, M35.36. light automatic weapons: ' Submachine gun, M 39 (maker uni-

dentified); Soluthurn 8-mm light machine pin, M31 _37. Schwanlose S-mm heavy machine gun, M1007/31: '> uituUrcraft

mount; ground mount 38. Solnthurn 20-mm antitank rifle, M3638. Antiaircraft pins: 0 Botora 80-mm, M29; Bofora 40-mm,

M3. _40. Skoda 100-mm Ughl field howitier, M14_41. 105-mm field howitier (Hungarian M37, Geromn l.F.Il, S)wilh

German half-trock prime mover..

43. Characteristics of principal artillery weapon*.44. Combined ayinbola, showing Ihc compoailion of uniU.

40. Table of equivalent ranks..,.

PLATESput*

I Army uniform*: officers II Army uniforms: noncommissioned officers and enlisted men. ...

Section I. INTRODUCTION

1. GOVERNMENTSeparated from the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the

First World War by the Treaty of the Trianon, the Kingdomof Hungary is a constitutional monarchy without a king.Until some future time when a king is crowned. AdmiralHORTHY Mikls1 (see par. 52) rules as Regent. He is headof the government and Commander in Chief of the ArmedForces. In time of war he may appoint an army general asCommander in Chief (Foparantanok), but none has beenappointed.

2. GERMAN INFLUENCE ON THE ARMYa. Under the Avstro-Hungarian Empire.Before the First

World War the Austro-Hungarian Empire had S armies.Austria had its own Laudtcehr, Hungary had the Honvd,

enlisted men drawn from both kingdoms. The Landwehr andthe Honvd were designed to be used within the territorialconfines of the respective kingdoms and were considered asdefensive troops. The Imperial Army was a first-line forceand the pride of the Empire. It was quartered at 1 homestations distributed throughout the Empire and was recruitedfrom quotas allotted to 1& districts. Its official language andits military traditions were German. At the end of the war,when the Empire was dissolved and Hungary partitioned, mostof the Hungarian officers in the Imperial Army were commis-sioned in the new Royal Hungarian Army, still called the

Thr HunKHfia i i practice of rr vers ing given nnri Mirnnmen is cxpUinvd

Honvd although it was reconstituted as a first-line force.They brought with them the traditions and ideals of the Im-perial Army and naturally perpetuated the German influenceon the Honvd. The Germans exerted great influence also onthe trade of Hungary after the First World War and fosteredthe feeling that Hungary had been dealt with very unfairly atthe Trianon. Thia idea, with the fear of Communism, led thenation to look to Germany for support and guidance.

b. Present.When Germany embarked upon the SecondWorld War, Hungary supplied the Reich with food and rawmaterials on the promise that Germany would help to restorethe original Hungarian boundaries. Portions of Czechoslo-vakia, Transylvania, and Yugoslavia were actually restored;in return, Hungary sent troops to the Soviet Union. On theirpart the Germans organized the Hungarian effort and sentmilitary missions and experts into Hungary. Hungarian trainscarried German troops to the Soviet Union and the Balkans,and a German "rest camp" was established near Budapest.German control was finally tightened to a point where Hun-gary could no longer refuse cooperation without danger ofthe overthrow of its government by German troops and theloss of all independence. The Hungarians therefore adopteda policy of outward cooperation but passive resistance tocomplete domination. They consequently supply less materialthan they promise, and lately they have refused to send moretroops to the Eastern Front. The Germans were averse to anopen break at this time, when they were hard pressed else-where, and until recently, continued merely to exert pressureat the top without taking over the entire internal control.

3. COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCESa. General.The Armed Forces of Hungary are composed

of the Army, the Air Force, and certain semimilitary forces.(For the chain of command in wartime, see fig. 1.)

b. Army.The Army includes the Ground Forces and theRiver Forces, which serve under the direct command of theChief of Staff of the Army.

c. Air Force.The Air Force is not a part of the Armybut is under the control of the Commander in Chief of theArmed Forces in a position analogous to that of the Luftwaffeunder the Wehrmacht in the German Armed Forces.

d. Semimilitarg forces.This group includes the Gendar-merie, the State Police, the Finance Guards, the CustomsGuards, and the State Foresters. In time of peace they actunder the appropriate ministries of the Cabinet; in time ofwar they become part of the general reserve which is incor-porated into the Army and serves directly under the Chiefof Staff.

Section II. THE HIGH COMMAND

4. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARMED FORCESa. General.The Hungarian Armed Forces are adminis-

tered in time of peace by various ministries of the Cabinet.The Army (including River Forces) and, in part, the Gendar-merie are administered by the Ministry of National Defense.The State Police and, in part, the Gendarmerie are underthe Ministry of the Interior. The Finance Guards and CustomsGuards are subordinated to the Ministry of Finance, and theState Foresters to the Ministry of Agriculture (see fig. 2).

b. Supreme Defense Council.The members of the Cabinet,form what is known as a Supreme Defense Council, whose'function is to coordinate all actions of the ministries, and in-deed all national effort, in their bearing upon national defense.The Council meets twice a year at the call of the PrimeMinister (KALLAY Mikls), who presides. The secretarygeneral, an Army officer, determines the subjects to be con-sidered and the order of business. His influence, therefore, isvery great, since he controls the agenda of meetings and mayadvance or retard consideration of any question. Major Gen-eral VRS Gza (see par. 52) now holds this post.'

5. MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. General.The functions of the Ministry of National

Defense (Honvdelmi Minisztrium) consist of the adminis-tration of the Armed Forces and the formation of policiesdealing with the war effort of the country. This ministry ia

table of Huneavinn Army ranks, see fijr. 4(1. p. !)

Regent.:HORTHY M i t l M

, , mrSupreme Defense Council

Secretary General: Mj Gn VltS G&MI KA.LLAY Mikifia

, c ni., , L n_Ministry of Ministry rjf Ministry of I Ministry nt I

National Defense the Interior I Finance Agrlfnlture

^ /^t ' T - T 'Arnly

Air Oenuar- State Finance fuBtonm Slater.round River

f , Police (uards Guards FomtteraForces Forces

Fifur 2 AHminiMralion uf i lu Armrd Forcei in preiimt-.

composed largely of Army officers, some active and some re-tired, though some civilians are included. The minister him-self must be ati oHicer of considerable experience and in favorwith the public. Colonel General CSATAY Lajos (see par. 52)is the present minister.

fa. Organization.The work of the ministry is dividedamong the following nine bureaus: ground forces, air force,supply, legal and civilian affairs, precedence, engineering(technical), welfare, accounting, and premilitary train(See fig. 3.)

(1) Bureau of Grntnid Forces.This is a policy-formingand executive body for the ground forces. It consists of fourgroups. Group I (sections 1, 9, 10, 19, 20, and 21) is con-cerned with administration, organization, mobilization, andtraining of the Ground Forces. It is charged also with mattrapertaining to prisoners of war and internees. Group II (sec-tions 4 and 8) is charged with personnel matters. Group VI(section 35) is concerned with the antiaircraft defense of thecountry. Group X (section 22) deals with veterans' adminis-tration am) pensions.

(2) Bureau of the Air force.This policy-forming andexecutive body for the Air Force is divided into two groups.Group IV (sections 30 and 37) is concerned with the adminis-tration of the Air Force, the formulation of policy for theemployment of the Air Force, and the supervision of all legalmatters expropriation and contracts. It is charged alsowith the administration of the HORTHY Mikls Fund. GroupV (sections 13, 32, 33, and 34) controls the procurement,employment, and maintenance of aircraft, airdromes, arma-ments, and ammunition. It also administers the Air ForceBudget

(3) Bvi-e.ini tif Suppli!.This policy-forming and executibody of the Supply Service is divided into two groups. Group111 (sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 11. and 12) is concerned with the pro-curement, manufacture, and distribution of rations, clothing,horsen, motor transport, and armament. It directs the con-

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struction and maintenance of military camps and posts, plansand directs the industrial mobilization of the country, andadministers the budget of the Supply Service.

Group IX is composed of sections 3v and 17. Section 3v, thefiscal service, should not be confused with section 3 (undergroup III of the Bureau of Supply), which deals with theSection 17 has four subsections, each the equivalent of a nor-mal section. The first, headed by a colonel of the General Staff,is concerned with matters of policy in industrial mobilization,and with the passive defense of industrial buildings. Theother three subsections, each headed by a colonel or lieutenantcolonel of military engineers, deal respectively with the manu-facture of war materiel, with the manufacture of individualequipment, raw materials and salvaged materials, and withthe organization and direction of aviation factories.

(4) Bureau of Legal and Civilian Affairs.This bureau,which is staffed entirely by civilians, consists of group VII(sections 14, 15, 16, and 18), and is concerned with the ad-ministration of all civilian employees of the Ministry ofNational Defense, the interpretation of laws, the compilationof draft lists, and deferments and exemptions.

(5) Bureau of Precedence .This bureau has charge of theinternal administration of the Ministry of National Defenseand regulates the etiquette and the religious observances ofthe Army.

(6) Bureau of Engineering.This bureau prepares plansfor military constructions and fortifications. The chief mustbe an engineer but not necessarily an officer in the Army.

(7) Other bureaus.The Bureau of Welfare looks afterthe welfare of officers and enlisted men; the Bureau of Ac-counting administers the budget of the Army; and the Bureauof Premilitary Training, consisting of group VIII (section 40),directs the premilitary training of the country and the nationalyouth organization, the Levente.

6. GENERAL STAFFa. Organization.The Chief of Staff of the Army (Vzar-

kari fnk) commands the Army under the Commander inChief of the Armed Forces. Colonel General SZOMBATHELYIFerenc (see par. 52) is the present Chief of Staff. His chiefassistant, the Deputy Chief of Staff, ia Colonel GeneralHAJNCZY Jszef. The Chief of Staff is advised also by theinspectors of the various arms and services. The inspectorateswere abolished shortly before Hungary entered the war againstthe Soviet Union, in the belief that sufficient directive workcould be carried out in the training camps of the differentarms. The need for a better training directive, made evidentduring the course of the war, led, however, to the reconstitu-tion of the inspectorates in March 1943. At present there areseven inspectorates: Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers,Armored and Motorized Troops, Troop Trains, and Signal.The Chiefs of the Air Force, the River Forces, and the Anti-aircraft Defense function also as inspectors of their respectivecommands. The General Staff proper is divided into two majorgroups. Operations and Training, and two bureaus, the Bureauof the Prosecutor and the Bureau of Discipline. (See fig. 4,p. 10.)

b. Operations Group.The Operations Group is the largestand most important staff office of the Armed Forces. It iaalmost a General Staff in itself, and corresponds in generalto the U. S. War Department General Staff, including all thestaff functions except training. It consists of the followingfive sections: I, Planning and Strategy; II, Intelligence, Coun-ter! ntelligenee, and Relations with Foreign Military Attaches(the function of the head of this section, at present ColonelKADAR, is roughly comparable to that of the U. S. AssistantChief of Staff, G-2); III, Supply; VI, Press and Propaganda;and VII, Railway Communications. Chemical Warfare andEngineers, and Signal Communications. Each of the subdivi-sions of section VII is headed by a colonel of the GeneralStaff, and is in itself as important as any of the other sectionsof the group.

Chief of Staff:Col Oeu

SZOMBATHELYIFerenc

IDeputy

Chief of Staff InspectorColGw

BAJNOCZT J&nzef

, I ' ,l l I Z H

"p"''' "" Opmuon, TrnliM! B u r r n u ofCol SZCS S.do, | [ 0roU J "" | | Dl"""""

I I ,7~T~ I I I ISection II

Section I KDR Section 111 Section VI Section VII Section IV Section VGyala

Figure l.-Org.niriUon of the Gnenl SUff.

c. Training Group.The Training Group consists of twosections. Section IV directs the instruction of senior andGeneral Staff officers, scientific and technical research, andmilitary publications; section V directs the training and in-struction of troops and supervises military libraries and mili-tary sports.

d. Bureau of the Prosecutor.This bureau handles ques-tions involving military law and procedures concerned withits administration. It furnishes officers to sit on charges pre-pared by the Bureau of Discipline.

e. Bureau of Discipline.This bureau prepares charges onmatters dealing with discipline and affairs of honor in theofficers' corps.

/. General Staff Corps.The General Staff Corps is consid-ered a separate arm or branch of the Army to a greater extentthan in the U. S. Army. Officers of the Corps, who must begraduates of the General Staff School at Budapest, serve onthe General Staff and, in limited numbers, are assigned totroops (about three to an army corps and possibly one or twoto a division). They are not necessarily restricted to staffduties as distinct from command, and many troop commandersfrom the General Staff Corps have become general officers.The Chief of Staff of the Army is Chief of the General StaffCorps.

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TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMT

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Section HI. BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE ARMY

7. ARMIESHungary is divided into three territorial armies, each con-

sisting of three corps. The First Army with headquarters atKoloszvr (Cluj) , facing Rumania, contains the VI, VIII, andIX Corps; the Second Army, with headquarters at Budapest,facing Czechoslovakia, contains the I, II, and VII Corps; theThird Army, with headquarters at Pcs, facing Yugoslavia,contains the III, IV, and V Corps. Thus, by a strategic group-ing of corps areas, each army is placed to face one of threepossible enemies. (See fig. 5.)8. CORPS

Each army is divided into three corps, of three divisions.Divisions are assigned to the corps areas in a numbered se-quence, as follows; the 1st, 2d, and 3d Divisions belong tothe I Corps; the 4th, 5th, and 6th Divisions belong to the IICorps; and so on. The corps areas themselves are arrangedroughly in a circle around Budapest and arc numbered coun-terclockwise from I to VII, beginning at Budapest and goingwest, then south, east, and north. The VIII and IX Corps ex-tend to the southeast into Transylvania. (See fig. 6.)9. DIVISIONS

o. Introduction.The basic large unit of the Army is thedivision. For army administration Hungary is divided into27 divisional districts, each served by 1 or more megyk (sin-gular, megye), or counties. After the First World War, whenHungary was partitioned and lost two-thirds of its territory.only 24 of the original 72 mfgytk were loft. Thus, between

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1920 (Treaty of the Trianon) and 1940 (the Second ViennaAward) each divisional district was served by l megye. As aresult of collaboration with the Axia, 22 of the lost megykwere returned to Hungary. However, only 3 new divisionswere formed. Thus most of the newly restored megyk werenot assigned to divisions, but furnished troops to divisionsserved by the adjoining megyk. All megyk, old and new,supply men to specialized forces which form part of theGeneral Reserve. In the following table are listed the 46megyk in alphabetical order, with their home stations andthe divisions which they serve, so far as these are known.The fourth column gives the divisions which are believed tobe served by the 22 megyk, or parts of megyk, which havebeen reannexed by Hungary. (See also fig. 45, p. 74.)

ft. Territorial distribution of divisions according tomegyk.

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PCB

Komrom

Division served

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Divisionpossiblyserved

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2S Pest- Pilis-Solt-

Kiskun _

SiabolES

Szolnok- Doboka'..TolnaTorontl*

DiMM*

Vcszpl'lll '

ZalaZempln*

Home station

T inn

Inonn

Budapest.Kecskemt,Kiskunhalas -.

Szatmrnmeti

Kolozsvr (Cluj)S zeire d

NagykanizsaK,aa l fn t i)

Division served

27th(Ar tyonly)

lst,2d, 3d, 13th,

22d (Arty only)

12th

Divisionpossiblyserved

2 lit

25th

24th

6th

6th

6th

18th26th

14th

22d

23rdMn reanra.-xi.-d by Hungary smcr the Scond Vifnn Awrd: lned l

serve divisions alrendj- orgsniied.

10. GENERAL RESERVEBesides the Air Force, River Forces, and semimilitary

forces, the General Reserve contains the following tacticalunits: the mobile corps, which consists of two cavalry1 amtwo mechanized brigades; two mountain brigades; and ninefrontier guard brigades. Personnel for the above forces iidrawn from the country at large.

11. UNE-OF-COMMUNICATION DIVISIONSIn addition to the 27 infantry divisions accounted for abov

(par. 9i>), a few provisional divisions have been identified inthe Soviet Union, where they are acting as line-of-communica-tion troops. (See pars. 15 and 4fl.) These, however, are foof temporarily attached regiments drawn from the regulardivisions. They bear numbers in the series 101 to 200 amhave no home stations.

Section IV. TRAINING

12. PREMILITARY TRAININGAll boys from the age of 12 until their actual conscription,

unless excused for physical reasons, receive premilitary train-ing in an organization called the Levente. Training takes placeevery Sunday and is given by reserve officers and noncom-missioned officers according to a schedule prepared at corpsarea headquarters. It is infantry training and includes the

.22-caIiber rifle, customs and courtesies of the service, combattactics of small units, and maneuvers that sometimes last allday. Similar training is given in the civil gymnasiums, whichcorrespond to the 5th to 12th grades in the United States.Thorough infantry training is given during these years, anda spirit of discipline and love of the mother country is instillednail .

3. DRAFT OF PERSONNELa. For the Army.The Levente keeps a very accurate rec-

ird of all young men who drill with it and every year submitsheadquarters of the corps area a list of those who have

ittained conscript age. At the present time this is 19. On aDescribed day in May, June, or July, conscription boards\sorozo-bitottsag) meet simultaneously in each district(jrit) of the megye. (There are customarily five or six insach megye.) These boards consist of one or two Army offi-:ers, usually of the rank of captain or major, and a medicalpfficer. The men are interviewed and assigned to a branch

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according to their qualifications and the needs of the servictat the time. The men then go home and await notice to appear(behvs), which usually comes about 1 October. At theiiactual induction into the Army (jelentkezs), they are meat the train by non-commissioned officers, who take charge othem. At least two classes of men are always in service amsometimes, depending on the degree of mobilization, moreIn the event of mobilization, men may be called up by classeor individually. The class of 1924, for example, was scheduleto be called up in 1943. Men in the General Reserve are calle illustrated. The rifle i* the Mann-" lichrr M31; the helmet, the Austrian; ryp

UMd during ike First World

. ". ' Grade

Tbornagy

Gyalogsgi tbornok. Lovassgi tbornok

TTdrsi tbornokTborszernagy ,Aliaborniigy

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U.S. onuivalent{approximate}

General

Lieutenantgeneral

Major general

Brigadier general

Colonel

Lieutenantcolonel

. Collar patches

Stars

Silver leaves(instead ofs:urs) andgold chevron

Three (gold)

Two (cold)

Onu (gold)

Three (silver)

Two(rilvcr)

&4fColor of base

Red, with oak-Icaf branches

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold on color ofarm

Gold on color ofarm

; Braid1 . (on regularuniform only)

Gold trefoil em-bellished withsmall loop) ofgold braid

Gold trefoil cm-bellUhcd withsmall loo pa ofgold braid

Gold trefoil em-bellished withsmall loops ofgold braid

Gold trefoil cm-bcllisbcd withsmall loops ofgold braid

Gold trefoil

Gold trefoil

Headgear

One very broad,three narrowgold chevrons

One very broad,

gold chevrons

One very broad,two narrow gold

One very broad,one narrow gold

One broad, threenarrow goldchevrons

One broad, twonarrow gold

rnagy | Major'

Siiados

Fhadnagy

Hadnagy

Alhadnagy

Tiszthelyettes

Trasflr mester

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Siakas7.vcct(3

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Gyalogol

Captain

1st lieutenant

2d lieutenant

Warrant (aspi-

Muster sergeant

Technicalsergeant

S:^l sergeant

Scrscant

Corporal

Private, Tint

Private '

On, (,U0

Three (gold)

Two (gold) '

One (eold)

One (gold) andgold chevron

Three (silver)U H U silverchevron

Two (silver) andsilver chevron

One (l ver) and

Three (whiti ;)

Two (white)

One (white)

None

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0nCO'0r'

Color of arm

Color of arm

Color of arm

Color of arm

Color of nrm

Color of arm

Color of arm

Color of :irm

Color of firm

Color of arm

Color of arm

COW trtf.ll

Gold trefoil

Gold trefoil

Gold trefoil

Gold loop

Silver loop

Silver loop

Silver loop

Brown loop

Brown loop

Brown loop

Srown loop

narrow, goldchevron

Three narrowgold chcvrs.ni

gold chevron*

gold chevronOne broad, three

chevrongOne broad, two

chevron

0chevrnWS1VCr

"r^cheTrMUTwo narrow

brown chevrons

brown chevronNone

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ARMY INSIGNIA ';",> ' . ;-;'iArm and service.Arm or service is indicated by the

r of the patches on the collar and on the left side of therison cap (see plates I and II). Colors of the arms and theices are listed below. (The collar patches are of woolenotton cloth, except as indicated below.)

COLORS OP THE ARMS

ntry (including cyclists and frontier guards)tor _leiy (including antiaircraft): _

al corps-l_p trains

COLORS OF THE SERVICESIvocate General ! , cerise (velvet patches)

taissary Department 1 ,red (velvet patches)D epar tmen t__ ,._. cardin al

ical Corps black (officers, velvet; enlisted men, woolen)iry Corps ; _:bright blue (velvet patches)

/ - ' r. Rank.Rank -is shown inxEwo places on the Army uni-ms:'on the collar patches, by a system of stars, oaknches, and chevrons in combination with the color of basehe patch and the material and design of the braided border;the headgear, by chevrons. One, two, or three stars arern on the collar patch. Crossed gold oak branches are placedthe rear of general officers' patches. A single chevron ap-rs on the patches of warrant officers and noncommissioned

icers. The patch of general officers.is gold and red; that ofd officers, gold upoa a background of the color of the armservice; that of company officers and enlisted men is theor of the arm or service. The braid on the border of thear patch of officers is gold and forma a trefoil (clover leaf)the rear. The braid on the patches of the first three gradesnoncommissioned officers is silver, that of other noncom-

NGARIAN ARMED FORCES PLATE iARMY UNIFORMS: COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

OM J.A.N. HO. I

ISISA8IJN ARMED FORCES PLATE nARMY UNIFORMS: NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS

lissioned officers and of enlisted men is brown; on the patches: all noncommissioned officers and enlisted men, the braidarms a single loop at the rear. (See the table, fig. 34, andates I and II.)

3. AIR FORCE UNIFORMSThe Air Force uniform for officers is pigeon gray. It con-sts of a coat with a roll collar, long trousers, and a service

'ith a black visor. On the cap a gold cord crosses aboveisor, and above the cord is a flying badge and a royal

ungarian crown. (See fig.. 31, p. 49.) Insignia of rank, whichre worn on epaulets, consist of combinations of gold wingsnd bars. On flying suits, the insignia of rank are worn on theght sleeve. Noncommissioned officers of the three highestrades wear a uniform similar to that of the commissionedfficers except that insignia of rank are silver. Other noncom-lissioned officers and enlisted men wear the Army uniform.

4, RIVER FORCES UNIFORMSThe uniform of the River Forces is brown. That for officerssimilar to the Army service dress uniform, but insignia of

ank are worn on the sleeves. Enlisted men wear brown sailors'its with black ribbons and brown navy jumpers. Rank is

ndicated on the shoulders.

Section VII. WEAPONS25. INTRODUCTION' Before the outbreak of the war moat Hungarian weapons

-were manufactured by German firma (Krupp, Mauser, Solu-'^thurn, and Rheinmetall) and the. Czech firm, Skoda. Since'Germany has been arming: its satellites with captured weapons,French, Polish, Belgian, Dutch, and Russian materiel is likelyto be found in the Hungarian Army: (Characteristics of theprincipal weapons are listed in figs. 42 and 43, pp. 64 and 65.)

f 26. INFANTRY WEAPONSfe^a. Rifles.The rifle most likely to be encountered is the Austrian Mannlicher 8-mm (carbine), MSI. Some "Mauser'8-mm rifles, M35, may be in use. (See fig. 35 and ; see! also figs. 32 and 33, pp. 50 and 51.) Parachute and other, specialized troops are armed with a submachine gun, M39I (fig:. 36 (])), the manufacturer of which is unknown.I b. Machine guns.The light machine gun used by the Hun-[ garian Army is the Soluthurn M31 (fig. 36 ), a light, air-I cooled weapon supported by a bipod. (See also fig. 32, p. 50.)j The heavy machine gun most commonly used is the Schwarz-foseM1907/31 (fig. 37, p. 60), a water-cooled, belt-fed machine

gun supported on a tripod.j c. Antitank rifle.The Soluthurn antitank rifle, M36 (fig.L 88) is found in the machine-gun company of each infantryI regiment, and in the antitank platoon of the bicycle battalion..r d. Mortars.Stokes, M36, 81.4-mm heavy mortars areI found in the heavy-mortar company of each infantry regimentl ant! each mountain and frontier guard battalion. A light 50-mrn mortar, manufacturer unidentified, is found in eacht rifle platoon.

Fi;u ST.Sthw.niow 8-mm hravy machine gun, >I 1907/31: .-,!!-

. ART1LLEKY WEAPONSa. Antitank and antiaircraft.Antitank artillery consists

the most part of Rheinmetall 37-mra antitank guns. Anti-rcraft artillery consists of Madsen 20-mm and Bofors 40-mmg. 39 (a), p. 62) automatic cannon, Ansaldo 75-mm andjfors 80-mm (fig. 39 ) dual-purpose guns.!>. Light field and mountain artillery,A variety of light!d and mountain artillery is used. It includes the Skodai-mm mountain gun, M15; the Ansaldo 75-mm mountainn, M15/35; and the Skoda 76.5-mm field gun, MIS.c. Medium and heavy artillery.Artillery of 150-mm ander is considered "heavy" by the Hungarians. The followinge the medium and heavy artillery weapons that are likely toencountered: the Skoda 100-mm field howitzer, M14 (fig.

, p. 63); 105-mm field howitzer, M37 (German I.F.H. IS)iff. .41, p. 63); the Skoda 104-mm field howitzer, M15; theerman 150-mm medium howitzer, M14; the Skoda (?)0-mm medium howitzer, M15; and the Italian 305-mm heavy

mortar, M1911/16.

bgrc 39.Anllaircnfl guns; Bofon SO-nim, M29; Bofor* 40-roni,M36.

[JFIfur -H. Hr,-mm field howilzn- (Htm-arinn M37, German l.l'.ll. 10)

Pistol. -.PslolRilc (carblnc)Hide Submachine gun.Light machine gun.Heavy machine gun.Semiautomatic antitank rifle..Antitank glin.Antiaircraft machine gun.

A n t i a i r c r a f t gun_

Antiaircraft gun.

Antiaircraft gun

Light mortar .Heavy mortar

front liter.Browning

SoluthuiRheininetdll.Madsen.

AnialUo.

Dofon

Unit:

4.300.__,

6.480.

3.000..,..-

2,2003.2001,100....,2,200.3,800

4,4006,500

(vertical)9,900

(vertical)2.400

(vertical)8,700

(vertical)900.

4.730.,.2,SOO.-...

6005.;...4,300

(vcrHcal)

9,067(vertical)e,500

1)S to 125.

2.100. -

rning of 1a Ml f lOS Au

'Since 1B AT/flM i7thVHngrian"dienatTir"tbe MH07/1! Austrian Scliwanlose machine gun.

A Hungarian handbook statoi that lhl weapon can penetr. . - .. .The Handbook rcierrcd to In note 4. above, italcs that the 37-mm fun can penetrate 28-mm

yBFlurc 42.Clmradorlntlc* of prlnvlpnl Infantry nnil a i i t i u i r c r a f i weapon*.

SOD yardi.inches) of

Tyw'

Mm gun.str i . M;:

Mia cun.AnMldaM1915/3J

Fid ;LI:,Skwt^Mie

FM How.Skoda M It

FW (Un.Skoda M 15

I'M How. M17COermnn LF.lt. If^

Kruiifi M Hr-.d HOW,

. SkodiiMljPld How.

Tlofora MJIMart, Mi l /16

Au'lro-IlujiitiLriii

[ l i ' i i i r .

Ctcch

AuJ'.ro-HurtKftrinn

Aiutro-Hunnrian

German

German

Aattn*.Iio9:irian

Swedish

It-liojl

(unit)

75

Ti

T6.S*

100

1CU

1M

lit]

30S

(mbi)

IO.T

tS3

30

19J

24

i

I.I SO

1.4M.S

1,130

1,700

l.(S3

Rliclt(Il)

U-3

1J.57

:; j

IU .-L V I

(yd);,:::

10,340

S.JOO

17,030

1.1CO

10.40012,'JM

:.'.-t'rn'.

45

61

73

40

45

7

Wc-?rvw)

IU

.:

5

i

1

0

(,k-7

JO

11

56

4S

i r -

1 1iK-liOIl

lit.)1.J5U.

I.7GO.

2,400,

6.400.

3.900,

11,120.

ll.IM.

41.603.

. . n iroun'j- - ," TAc Jlunearian dr*>g"*tlon ci ttut weapon ii l-c"i II:.;.

13. Cl in fa t l c r l i l i f i of p r i i ' t ' j sT f i r l i l l c r j w

iSecon Vitt. MILITARY SYMBOLS

!8. BASIC SYMBOLS --Ji. Introduction.The principal basic military symbols used

ijr the Hungarian Army are shown below. Many of them re-emble those used by the Germans, but the meanings are oftenlifferent. The Hungarians usually place the numerical designa-ion of the unit to the right of or below the symbol. A smalllumber in parentheses under the symbol indicates the numberif guns in the unit. Abbreviations that may be used in con-junction with symbols will be found, after the words for whichIhey stand, in the glossary (par. 55, p. 128). Roman numerals

used to designate corps, organic battalions of the regi-inent, and platoons; Arabic numerals stand for other units.Corps troops, however, take the Roman numeral of the corps.Units of division or brigade trains are assigned the numberof the division or brigade of which they are a part. Armytroops sometimes, but not always, bear a number 100 greater

m that of the army.

f>. Symbols.

(1) Arms and services.| infantry g]Q motorized infantry \_ \

P mountain infantry [A] > I, engineer

E artillery

yjj cavalryQ bicycle3 supply

[Hi] ordnance labor troop.

(2) Units.

P GHQF .,f" K>rpl

f dmo" brisad.

HaEBHb

(3) Weapons.$ light nuchine gunQ heavy machine gun^ light mortar

f heavy mortar

i|i antitank guni| i light field gun|J| light mountain gun>1' light l i . - l r l howitzer 4 armored

i|| medium field gun ^~\ tm^l

(4) Boundaries.

hH HH M l M corps

battalioncompany

i[i medium field howitzeriji heavy field gun

| heavy field howitzerJ mine thrower, heavy morU

ifi light antiaircraft gun

J medium antiaircraft gun

it heavy antiaircraft gun

. COMBINED SYMBOLSThe basic symbols may be combined to show the grouping

f units. Figure 44 is a symbolic representation of organiza-ion of a triplicated division. The top line shows the various^dquarters: 21st Division, 21st Brigade, 21st Division Artil-

lery. The section below, marked "Infantry," represents the[component infantry regiments and supporting troops: the 21st, 51st, and 81st Infantry Regiments, the 21st Independent.Battalion, and the engineer, signal, machine-gun, antitank,

nd mortar units of the 21st Regiment and of the 21st Inde-endent Battalion. (The 51st and 81st Regiments are assumedbe similarly composed.) The regiment itself consists of three

attalions, each of three infantry companies, represented byblack squares, and antitank and machine-gun companies,

lown by symbols in the lower right hand corners. The nextne shows mobile troops, the division reconnaissance battal-ra, with headquarters, armored-car, light tank, bicycle, and.avalry units. The lower portions of the chart in similarashion indicate the organization of division artillery, tech-ical troops, and trains. (See also fig. 30, p. 47.)

LLLr

, f r , . , . ,f9|fTTTT|lfrffajamii

a.... u,

, l i , < - i l -i . I . . . I - , thawing the composition of nnitt.

Section IX. NAVY (RIVER FORCES)

). RIVER FORCESHaving had no outlet to the sea since the First World War,

.ungary of course has no Navy. It haa, however, a consider-ble naval tradition and aspires to regain the port of Fiumen the Adriatic. The River Forces, though small, have playedn important part in keeping, the Danube and its tributaries

in Hungary open to navigation despite partisan attacks. Theyare an integral part of the Army, and their personnel is or-

talions, and companies. Their equipment includes a number

ayers, and supply and service craft.

Section X. AIR FORCE

31. GENERALThe Hungarian Air Force is an independent branch of tl

Armed Forces. It is headed by an Air Force Commandanwith headquarters at Budapest, who is directly responsiblethe Minister of National Defense. In time of war the pursuand bomber units remain under the Air Force Commandanwhile the reconnaissance units are detached to the varioiarmy corps. On the Eastern Front Hungarian air units haoperated under the command of one or another of the GermaFliegerkorps.

32. OPERATIONAL COMMANDSThe Hungarian Air Force is made up of 1 air brigade co

sisting of 5 regiments, numbered 1 to 5, plus some reconnasance units and 1 naval unit. The first 4 regiments are dividinto 2 groups of 2 squadrons each, while the 5th Regimeincludes 12 squadrons. The basic unit in the squadron isflight of 3 aircraft. Each regiment is composed of one tyof aircraft only, such as fighters, bombers, or reconnaissanplanes. The 5th Regiment consists of 12 army cooperatisquadrons, 1 of which is allotted to each army corps. Theis also a battalion of parachutists under the Air Force Comandant.

33. PERSONNELNo estimate is available of the present strength of the A

Force in personnel. At the end of 1939 it comprised 755 ocers and 5,320 enlisted men, of whom 2,381 were noncomm

oned officers. Of the total not more than 1,200 were pilots.numbers have undoubtedly been increased considerably

nee 1939.

4. TRAININGMost of the officers in the Hungarian Air Force are gradu-;es of the Horthy ltvn Flying Academy at Kassa (Kosice).he students there are usually selected from the other militarycademies, and the training course lasts 3 years. Suitableouths are encouraged to train for service in the Air Forceirough the Horthy Istvn Flyers' Foundation, a nonmilitaryrganization financed by popular subscription. Students whoave completed the courses conducted fay this organization areermitted to perform their conscript service as pilots.

5. AIR BASESThe principal airdromes, which are equipped to handle all

ypes of aircraft and which possess installations for nightights and extensive repair facilities, are located in the vicin-

ty of Budapest and five or six other large cities. At otherlints are situated a number of smaller fields, suitable as oper-

tional bases for fighters or medium bombers, and numerousmergency landing grounds. The level terrain of most of theiungarian countryside makes it fairly easy during the dryieason to adapt open fields for the use of light planes. Manyf the Hungarian airfields have been extensively improved

ing the war, possibly for the use of German aircraft in

. STRENGTHThe strength of the Hungarian Air Force in first-line air-' les is estimated at a total of 330, distributed as follows:

ters, 100; bombers, 110; and others, 120.

MAP OF HUNGARYSHOWING

LOCATIONS OF HOME STATIONS OF DIVISIONS

DIVISION HOME STATIONS

....... KUNCABUN BOUNDARY BEFORE 1!___ PttSCNT BOUNDAOT

Section XI. LIST OF LARGE UNITS

7. INTRODUCTIONThis section consists of a list of Hungarian larger units

rmies, corps, and divisionswith the names of their com-anders, particulars of their composition, their home stations,

nd brief notes on their origin and the campaigns in whichhey have taken part. (For organization, see sec. IV and figs.and 45, pp. 12 and 74.)

!!. ARMIESFirst Army

lander: Col Gen NAD AY Istvnhief of Staff: Col MAKRAY. Sndortome station: Kolozsvr (Cluj)[ormai composition: VI, VIII, and IX CorpsOriginally contained the VI and VIII Corps. After the re-

ccupation of Transylvania the newly formed IX Corps wasdded.

Second Armyommander:'hief of Staff:[ome station: Budapestiormal composition: I, II, and VII Corps

Took part in the Russian campaign in 1942-43, when itontrolled the III, VI, and VII Corps instead of its normal

iponents. It was severely beaten at Voronezh in January-"'ebruary 1943. The remnants returned to Hungary in May943.

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Third Army

Commander: Col Gen CSATAY LajosChief of Staff:Home station: PcsNormal composition: III, IV, and V Corps

Elements of this army participated in the occupationYugoslavia. Three divisions have recently served as occuptional troops in the so-called Bcska-Bar any a area (BcBodrog Megye and Baranya Megye).

Army of Occupation(Formerly Line-of-Communication Corps)

Commander: Col Gen LAKATOS GzaChief of Staff:Composition: 1st, 18th, and 25th Divs; 102d, 105th, 10

118th,. 121st, and 200th LC Divs; 6th Frontier Guard BLabor TrsBelieved to have been formed after the defeat of the Seco

Army from rear area units. During the summer of 1943headquarters was at Kiev and it was responsible for the liof communication in the Kiev-Bryansk-Gomel area. It vreinforced at that time by the 1st, 18th, and 25th InfanlDivisions and the 6th Frontier Guard Brigade. It had bewithdrawn to the Lww (Lemberg) area in September

39. CORPS1 Corps

Commander: Lt Gen NMETH JzsefChief of Staff: Col KUTHY LszlHome station: BudapestNormal composition: 1st, 2d, 3d Divs; I Cav Sq; I Engr B

I Tr TnsPeacetime corps area, not yet constituted as a field cor

The 3d Division was mobilized in the summer of 1942 a

[attached to the IV Corps. This corps was reported mobilizing[in March 1943.

II CorpsCommander: Lt Gen AGGTELEKY BlaChief of Staff: Col KERESZTES GyulaHome station: SzkesfehrvrNormal composition: 4th, 5th, 6th Divs; II Cav Sq; H Engr

Bn; II Tns; 2d Frontier Guard BrigPeacetime corps area, not yet constituted as a field corps.

;The 6th Division was mobilized early in 1942 and attached tothe III Corps. The 5th Division was mobilized in the summerof 1943 and replaced the 25th Division at Nagyvrad (Oradea).

HI CorpsCommander: Lt Gen BAKAY Szilrd

;Chief of Staff: Lt Col KOVCSHome station: SzombathelyNormal composition: 7th, 8th, and 9th Divs; III Cav Sq; III

Engr Bn; III Tr Tns; 3d Frontier Guard BrigPeacetime corps area constituted as a field corps early in

1942, when it comprised the 6th, 7th, and 9th Divisions. It wasBeverely mauled in the battles of Kursk and Voronezh in thewinter of 1942-43, after which only remnants returned to[ungary. It is reported that this corps is being reorganized.

IV CorpsCommander: Lt Gen HESZLNYI Jzsef

(Chief of Staff: Col SELLYT JentHome station: PcsJ'Normal composition: 10th, llth, and 12th Divs; IV Cav Sq;I IV Engr Bn; IV Tr Tns; 4th Frontier Guard Brigade.E Peacetime corps area, constituted as a field corps early in11942, when it comprised the 3d, 10th, and 12th Divisions. It[was severely mauled in the Battles of Kursk and Voronezh inIthe winter of 1942-43, after which only remnants returned to[Hungary.

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V CorpsCommander: Lt Gen PLATTHY PlChief of Staff: Col LITTOMERICSKY OszkrHome station: SzegedNormal composition: 13th, 14th, 16th Divs; V Cav Sq;

Engr En; V Tr Tns; 5th Frontier Guard BrigPeacetime corps area, constituted as a corps to take pa

in the occupation of the Bacska-Baranya area. The 13th Di'aion was attached to the VII Corps and sent to the SoviUnion.

VI CorpsCommander: Lt Gen FARKAS FerencChief of Staff: Col ZAK AndrsHome station: DebrecenNormal composition; 16th, 17th and 18th Divs; VI Ci

Sq; VI Engr Bn; VI Tr Tns; 6th Frontier Guard BrigPeacetime corps area. It has recently been reported to

mobilizing. The 6th Frontier Guard Brigade was sent to tSoviet Union in the summer of 1943.

VII CorpsCommander: Mj Gn KISS IstvnChief of Staff: Col MOLNR IstvnHome station: MiskolcNormal composition: 19th. 20th, and 21st Divs; VII Cav S

VII Engr Bn; VII Tr Tns; 1st Frontier Guard BrigPeacetime corps area, constituted as a field corps in 1942.

During the Russian campaign the 21st Division stayed at homeand the 13th Division was attached to this corps. In the battlesof Kursk and Voronezh, the 13th Division was virtually an-nihilated. The remnants of the other two divisions returnedto Hungary in May 1943. At the present time the VII FieldCorps is in the Soviet Union on line-of-communication duties.The VII Territorial Corps is at home.

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Commander: Lt Gen DEZS LszlChief of Staff: Col SZAVAY SndorHome station: Kassa (Kosice)Normal composition: 22d, 23d, 24th Divs; VIII Cav Sq; VIII

Engr Bn; VIII Tr Tns; 7th and 8th Frontier Guard BrigsPeacetime corps area, constituted aa a field corps at the

outbreak of hostilities with the Soviet Union in 1941, when itwas a part of the token contribution to the Axis effort. It tookpart with distinction in the battle of Nikolaev (Vernoleninsk).It is believed to have been demobilized in 1942 with the excep-tion of the 23d Division, which was sent to the Eastern Front,late in 1942, and which suffered heavy casualties in the battleof Voronezh. At present the VIII Field Corps is on line-of-eommunication duty in U.S.S.R.

IX CorpsCommander: Lt Gen VERESS LajosChief of Staff: Col FNAGY JnosHome station: Kolozsvr (Cluj)Normal composition: 25th, 26th, and 27th Divs; IX Cav Sq;

IX Engr Bn; IX Tr Tns; 9th Frontier Guard BrigPeacetime corps area, established after the reoccupation of

Transylvania. The component divisions are believed to be atfull strength (triplicated) and to form a strong field force onthe Rumanian frontier. The 25th Division was sent to theSoviet Union in the summer of 1943. In the corps it was re-placed by the 5th Division.

Mobile CorpsCommander: Lt Gen MAJOR JenChief of Staff: Col KSZRS FerencHome station: BudapestNormal composition: 1st and 2d Mtz Brigs; 1st and 2d Cav

Brigs (now probably mechanized)Formed in 1940 of two cavalry and two motorized brigades.

Saw service in the Soviet Union in 1941 and 1942. The motor-

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iiei brigades returned lo Hungary early n 19J2. The cavalry jbrigades (believed cam-fried into mechanized brigades) suf- jfsrert heavy casualties in men anil equipment in Ihe battle of erg) in January 1943. Remained in the Kiev-Gomel areairough the summer of 1943. Participated in battles duringle Soviet advance on Kiev. At present it is believed to haveleen withdrawn to the Lww (Lemberg) area.

102d Line-of-Communication Divisionommander:

Composition:First identified in the vicinity of Stalingrad in August 1942.

It is believed to have been strengthened since then. It remainedon line-of-communication duty in the Bryansk-Gomel areathrough the summer of 1943. Believed to have been engagedin battle during the Soviet advance on Kiev. It is believed tohave been withdrawn to the Lww (Lemberg) area.

103d Line-of-Communicalion Division'Commander:Composition:

First mentioned in the vicinity of Stalingrad in August1942. It is probably disbanded.

105lh Line-of-Communication Division'Commander:Composition: 4th Inf Regt (from 7th Inf Div)

First identified in Ukraine in June 1942. It is believed tohave been strengthened in February 1943. During the summerof 1943 it remained in the Bryansk-Gomel area on line-of-communication duty. After being engaged in the Kiev area itwas withdrawn to the Lww (Lemberg) area in November1943.

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Hull] , Line-of-Communication Division

Composition: 47th Inf Reg-t (from 9th Inf Div)First identified in May 1942 in Ukraine and in Novembe

of the same year near Stalingrad. Remained on line-of-communication duties through the summer of 1943. It was withdrawn to the Lww (Lemberg) area in November 1943.

I : ' I ~ i Line-of-Communicalion DivisionCommander:Composition: 40th Inf Regt (from 14th Inf Div)

First reported in June 1943 at Berdichev. Remained therethrough the summer of 1943 on line-of-communication duties.Withdrawn to Lww (Lemberg).

200th Line-of-Communication DivisionCommander:Composition: 31st, 46th and 51st Inf Regts (from 1st, 6tb

and 6th Inf Divs)First identified in August 1942 near Kharkov. Now probabl

disbanded.

! Section XH. TABLES OF IDENTIFIED UNITS

. ARMIES AND CORPS

1 Unit

first Army_

Kond Array-

bird Army-

limy ofOccupation

1 Cotpa

I Corps

IV Corps

Corps _

(1 Corps

f l l Corps -

III Corps.

I Corp,

labile Corps-

Normal

VI, VIII, IXCorpa

I, II. VII

III, IV, V

102d, 105th,108th, 118th,121st LCDivs, 6thFrontier

Guards Brig_,1st, 2d, 3d

Divs4th, 5th, 6th

7th, 8th, 9thn;

ua

10th, llth, 12thDiva

13th, 14th, 15th

16th, 17th, 18thni=

19th, 20th, 21stDivs

22d, 23d, 24th

25th, 26th, 27thDivs

]st,2dCavBrig, 1st, 2d

| | MtaBris

Headquarters

Kolossvar tCluj)..Riidopaat

fitt

L ww ( Lembe rg).

Budapest

Szkesfehrvr

RTnm

hntT,oTy

Pecs _

nBhnn

Miskolc ___

Kassa (Koitce)

Kolosvr (C!uj)_

Budapest

Commander

Col Gen NADAY Istvn.

Col Gen CSATAY Lajoe.

Col Gen LAKATOS Gia.

Lt Gen NMETH Jszef.

Lt Gen AGGTELEKY B*I.

Lt Gen BAKAY Szilrd.

Lt Gen HESZLNYI Jzsef,

Lt Gen PLATTHY Pal.

Lt Gen FARKAS Ferenc.

Mj Gen KISS Istvn.

Lt Gen DEZS Lsil.

Lt Gen VERESS Lajos,

Lt Gon MAJOR JenS.

42. DIVISIONS

Division

1st

4th

Dth10th

16th17th18tK.19th20th _

22d23d24th2Gth26th..._27th

Corpi

!=ii ,

II- vV

VVV

vvV IV IV I ,V IIV IIV 11IXIX _IX

Headquarters

Buda pest ....-.-B u dapestBud apes tum.Szkesfehrvr

RdjiT-nn

Nanykanizss

K ee sk emt

Kiskunhalas

BkscsabaMiskolc

SzatmrnmetiKassa (Kosica)

Nagyvrad (Orldea)Kolozavr (Cluj)..._Maroavsrhelv

Inf Refits

Eth, 35th

8th. 38th

9th, 39th ,

1 1 th, 41st _ .

13th, (43d)14th, (44th)

12th, 42d()

24th, S4th35th,55th(?),B8th(?)26th,56th,59th(?).._...27th.S7th,60th(7)_

Ar t i l l e r j

other

lat.3d.3d.4th.5th.6th.7th.Hth.Uth.

10th.l l t h .

13th.Uth.16th.16th.17th.L8th.19th.20th.21it22d.23d.24th.26th.26th.27th.

43. BRIGADES

a. Cavalry, Number Corps Headquarters Components

90

Number

lat9A

Corps

Mobile Mobile

Headquarters

N y i-egy h zaKecskemt

Compon nts

-

c. Frontier guard.Number

1stM

4th6th6th ____..7th.,,,_

Corps

II .Ill-IV _vVIVIIIVIIIIX

Headquarters

Salgtarjn

KiskunhalasNagyvrad (Oradea)-...Mtszalka _

Gyrgy Szt Mikls..

Component battalions

1st, 2

INFAMTRY REGIMENTS (com.)Infantry

regiment

22d

2 -adMM2fith___

28th

32d

2=nih

3d-

5th6th

8th....-9th

K3cl

57Ui58th69th

Home station

Ca i ksze i-eda-CT CT

Bud apes tBuda pest-.-

Sop i-o n

Kecskemetpecs

bobok

M i kol c.

SiekazardBltGscsaba ___

Caikazereda ( 7)Csikanereda ( 7 )

St'paisientKyor ey

Division

BBd

IKth

26th

i==7th

gth1th ...

9thnth

12th

1KfV,

6th

9^th26th

?7th

Corps

II,

X.

v;VII.

IV.VI.

VII.VIII.

X.X.

IX.

45. ARTILLERY UNITS

Numberff

2d

6thKth

Oth _

2th-..

jth7th

jth(ft

U

Home station

B ud a pest- V c

Komrom

Szmba thel yNagykunbaKaposvr- - ,B-.

Kecskemt

Gyngys

MyiriTYhfi7n

C s i kazered aM=rn.,V,.1y

Division

Oth

9th

3 H

mth5-jrt

Corps

I.I.1.II.II.II.

IV.IV.IV.V.V.V.V .V .V .V .V .V .V I.V LV LIX.IX.IX.

46. CAVALRY SQUADRONSNumber

II

.|

r

Home station

Koma

CorpsI.II.III.IV.V.VI.VII.VIII.IX

47. ENGINEER BATTALIONS

Number

VIVII

Home station

Builanest

CoifsI.II.III.IV.V.VI.VII.VIII.IX.

4fi. TROOP TRAINSEach troop train is composed of a motor-drawn and

horse-drawn unit.

Number

11IIIrvV

IX __

Home station Corps

IX.

9. FRONTIER GUARD BATTALIONS

Number

1st2nd3rd4th5th6th

8th9thOth1th2th3th4th6th6th7thath.Bth

20th21st

22nd23rd24th26th26th27th28th29th31st.32nd33rd

Heedqu

Not identifie

Not identifie

Not identifie

Not identifie

Drda

Titel

DereftnyoTakes anyAlsovereke

Not identifie

LeordinaKrsmez

rters

]

i

1

Brigade

3rd

7th

Corps area

VII,

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VIII.

VIII.

IX.

95"

Section XIII. SENIOR OFFICERS50. INTRODUCTION

a. Use of the roster.The roster below contains the latestavailable information on Hungarian senior officers. All knowngeneral officers are included, as well as those field officers whcare believed to be of current or potential importance. Theylisted in alphabetical order, without regard to rank or branchThe roster contains the names of all general officers who wereon the active list on 1 January 1943, plus a few who reachedgeneral officers' rank since then. It is believed that any whowere last identified prior to that date are now retired. Retireegeneral officers and certain retired colonels are included in theindex because of their potential political importance.

The age given is that reached in 1944. The date under theheading "Date Last Identified" is usually but not invariablythat on which the officer was last known positively to be occupying the post listed under "Appointment". Under "Re-marks" is information regarding the officer's arm, previousservice, character, etc., which may give an indication of hi!ability and political sympathies.

Z>. Hungarian names.Hungarian names are often reportaincorrectly. The spelling is difficult; and confusion arises ironthe Hungarian practice of reversing names. Throughout thiibook the family name is given first in the Hungarian mannenand is written in capital letters, thus: CSATAY Lajos. Some-;times several words follow the proper name. They may includetitles, such as "nemes" (an hereditary title of nobility, roughly;equivalent to the German "von"), "gr." (the abbreviation for"grf," count), or "vitz" (an honorary title, meaning "hero,";which is conferred by the government for bravery). Hun-garian officers who have received a doctorate normally include,the title "Dr." in their names: for example, "Mj Gn DESEO;96

az\6 nemes Dr." Often the name of the family estate orace of birth is included. This usually ends in "i", occasionally

11 "y" (meaning "of") and should not be capitalized. Thus inAKATOS Gza vitz csikszentsimoni, the family name isAKATOS, the given name is Gza, and the name of thestate or birthplace is Caikszentsimon. (German-influencedources may report this officer as Gza LAKATOS von Csik-

In order to avoid confusion of given names with familyames, the following list, of common Hungarian Christianamea is included, together with the German and English

equivalents where such exist:

ip.Alajos

Irn; ,-v i

n ___

'erenc

ieza

HJenrikl:iLkab

GERMAN

Alois ; Aloys

E rnst _

-...Viktor.

Genre

ENGLISHAugustui

AloisAndrew

Bertram

ErnestIrving; Erwin

Victor

George

Henry... Hugo; Hugh

97

Tnnrt

Irf-hnl

Pter

Szilrd

Vilmos

/(.lin _

Cornelius _..

Mi-hBBl

fflkoUa,

PaulPofor

Konstantin

Wilhelm- -

Joseph

Corn el iu aChristopherLouis; Lewi

MichaelNicholas

EdmundPaul

Constantine

WilliamVincent

51. RANKSDesignations of rank in the Hungarian Army have been

reported in several different ways, because of the difficulty oftranslation, the lack of exact equivalents, and the Germaninfluence on nomenclature. Figure 46 indicates the variousforms in which such ranks may appear in different sources.The right-hand column indicates the usage which has beenadopted in this book. It is believed that there are at presentonly three grades of general officers in the Hungarian Army.They are referred to in the following roster as "Maj Gen,""Lrt Gen," and "Col Gen." It is thought that the rank of "Genof Inf, Cav," etc., on the active list, has been abolished and isnow held only by a few retired officers. When the exact rankis not known, "General" is used.

Hungarian rank

W n H n s

VnbaAnln,(,Talnilni

Aland.

Gyalogsgi Tbornok-

Tzrsgi Tbornok

German usage

Leatnantnhflr lpl l tnoni-

Oberatleutnant

GeneralteutnanfFeldmarschalleutnant.

Gen.d.Infanterie-,

Gen.d.Artillerie _

U. 3. equivalent

Lieutenant Colonel-

Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General

GeneiaL_

Rendered inEnglish by

Hungarians

First Lieutenantrnpf=;n

Lieutenant

Major General-General ;LieutenantField Marshal-

General ofInfantry

CavalryGeneral ofArtillery

(of Ordnance)

Adopted mthis book

General

General

General ofInfantry

CavalryGeneral of

Artillery

Ordnance

General

Figure 46.Table of equivalent r.nkl.

S 52. ROSTER OF SEMOR OFFICERS

Name (age)AST ...- - -

ALGYA-PAP Zoliin

BArrz Osikr beodcalBAJNOCZY J2S dsi vitz (5B)

lUnfc

Col

Gent?)

M.LJ Gen .Col Gen _

AppointmentFormerly Comdr of re-

ian Security Troop*"

c^...,*,.

VORDOS GU. Col)In Donets ren ID Spring

Formerly Comdr of *n

DCGS and P*rmanentDeputy ot the Ministerof Defeiue

Date Imttidentified

26 Peb 43

Jan 43 _.

29 Mar U

SS:;

Remarks

colonel in Apr 41.

C^enam

ay4'oi^e * ""

Probably a colonel: corodr.31st Regt. in Spring *3.

Inf. Headed section IDDefense Ministry aad

ably an incorrect Iden-tification of BAKAYSiiUrd. below.)

HAL Zoltn vitz

BrtLOGHSSnrtnrvitr

BARCA-UJFALUSSY Ef n vtlti.

BAHDOCZY Terenc vitfaB STA T ITS

BARTHA ... -

.Iftrutir.

Col

Ma) Gn. _.

Gen_

Ma) Gn...

Lt Col

^GrounT^"' DenComdr, in Corps .

MinistryRetlnrl

Retired

Deputy Inspector of Inf _Formerly (Sep 43} mili-

tary attache to AnkaraLlason Officer with Ger-

man Army In Sofla

military Trim ing andAthletics, ind Chief.

K May 43

28 Sep *3_

S Aug 43

Retired.

Decsroted in Sep 4

Technical Inspect.Army. Chief. SOS.

Ministry. Long toGermany and Italall 41. Reportedpro-U. S. ana nol

Chief

hlng-au oftenseur In

fi'

Name (>ee

BEHECZS dBEKKFY Kroly ( X I

BOGANYI KrolyBOR Jen hanat.

CSATARY Jzsef

Rnk

Gn

Mj Gn

M.-ii Gn

Appointment

NCO School at Juts

Formerly (probably tilllute Aug 43) Comdr. VI

Brig, in Apr 41

Brig, tn Russia In Mar43

Formerly (1939) C ol S...Chief. Section IT, Group

IX. Defense Ministry(f)

V Corps

Wu Comdr. 19th Inf Div,

ide^uflS30 Jun 43

Apr 41

1B3912 Apr 43 .

5 Apr 41

Remarks

Inf. GSC. Head. SectionDefense Minis t ry .Comdr. Mtz Brie.Comdr. GS School. Dl-

egy at War College.

Probably retired.

Probably retired.

Acoon,

spring 43.

Probably retired.

CSATAV Ijjos vitel (SB)

CSECSYImre

CSISBYKilmnditroiCZEYDNER Ferenc vitz

fekelehalrny (54) (Nmemay bt. FEKZTEHALMY-CZEYDNER Ferenc vlti) ._ .

Col ae

Ma

Ma] Gn

Mj Gn _

Lt Gn

"ST sn T J'l "SMd "zr1

pwinR,

(See SZftCSY Imre vitz

ewHt** ""tSLo ofGround Forces. DefenseMinistry

Retired

Retired. Formerly Comdr,V corps

Retired _._

Jan 44

28 Sep ..._Jan

T Jan 44 ...

8 Sep 43

A?A SSSfrt' jSTmi,":Commanded IV Corp9 on

S2SFHSr??t^ 5lery. on which he haswritten two books; veryable. Intelligent, non-

CSC. Was C of S, m

Arty and GSC. Chief ofAir Force. C o S ofArmy. Deserted in faceof trial for jvidk

Decorated in Sep 43.

Name lagel

DALN'OK Bla M l k l o < (M) . .

DECI .IV A Zoltn (511 _

DENESFAY-DINICH Gyli _._DE NK- BOROS? T . A Y rpidDEPOLD MiklsDESEO LS2I6 nemes Dr.DESIN

DEZ9 LszJ vllz (3D(Name may be LSZL Dezs

DOMANICZKY dn (SS(

DMTR Jnos

EGRESY Gza .._ERDLYI

Rnk

1,1 Gn ..11

Lt Geo

Ma] GnMB) Gen .G*n

Lt Gn ___

Col

MJ Gen_Gen(?l

Appointment

Formerly Comdr. MobileCorps

Formerly DC of S

pw-m-Russ

17 May 43

Corps

Was Comdr. llth ln( Div.

Retired'.v

:1>- Comdr. itti Tink

1M3

Dale lastIdentified

5 Nov 41

an 4S~Z~

Feb 43

23 Oct 43

15 Dec 41 ,,

4 Apr 41 __

28 Sep . .19 Mr 43 -_

Remart

Cav. Aide to tlMil i tary H t lac

brigade!1 Cbile Corps. Mtired.

lor jvidkInf. War Collee

Arty. Was ArtIII Corps.

Inf and CSC.Section I, GSOperations GMj Gen on

'"ttaCh t?0

M.7Tre,lred'

Dccanted in atN*me probably

May be a cnl

X

e Hegem.h to Ber-

ated Mo-

e?Ey'

y Comdr.

roup. GS.

Military

ed.

p 43.e.rbl*d.

nel.

rXBRY Demote*

FABRY Dniel -

FALTA LszlFAHAGH Gbor vitz -1FARKAS Ferenc vitz

klbamaki (3!) _.

FAYEle Fere"C

FEHR Gza. ---~~T'FEKETK AIMY-CZEYDNXR

FERENZ (?)

FN AGY Jinoa _

Lt Gn _

Mj Gn ...Ll Gn .

Lt Gn _ . .

Gn

Mj GnMa; Gn _

Lt Gn

Col

Mj Gn . .

Col

"^"proteeti^ n'lea^e

Brig in VI Corps in

_ ___

Inspector of Gendarmerie

Comdr. VI Carpi, Chiefol HungarlanBoy Scouts

ommandant Mill ATchives (Bu'dspBSt)

Retired ..

(See CZEYDNER Ferencvitz eketahalmy. LtGen.)

Brig. In Apr 41

troops in Yugo.Uvla

Was Comdr of t unit onRussian front in reb 43

s r,

KMN.U

13 Oct 43

1939 . _ . .

1S3916 Dec 43

uTseJan 43 ..,"'

19*1 ()]

14 Fib 43 .

Jan 43

Jul 39. Passsame as FABRbelow.

GSC. Possiblyas FABRY Daiabove.

Probably retiredMilitary attache

Section of Def

I, from 1638 toDecorated in

Decoratedcora e

Name probablyit may be F

Was captured by

caped. Namegarbled.

GSC.

bly theY Dniel.

iel vitel.

nse Min-

Aug. 43.t'ov .

'

garbled-erenc. a

probably

Name (age)

GALANTHAY-GLOCK

GERLOCZY Gbor vitz

GERLCZY Lszl vitz

CINZKEY Oszkr vlti ...GORONDY -NOVAK Elemr (Ifl|

Rnk

Mj Gn

Mj Cer,

Appointment

B m III Corps in

ense M""

ater

garian-Bulgsrtfln Com-

Natlonal Union

curlty Service (SecretPolice)

First Air Adjutant ltothe Reienl)

Army

identified

SV1.3

Jan 43

Remark,

0( Col. KADAR Gyula.

spcctor of Cav and Mo-bile Troops. Took coin-

GOTAY Bla.

GOTHAY Bla _......

GYIMESI Frigyes vitz.

HANKE Vilmos vitz musfldl.HANXOVZSKY Gyula Dr .......

HARDY Klmn neme* Dr.

Mj Gn

Ma] Gn..-.

Mai Gn.

Lt Gn

Ma] Gn-Mj Gen_Ma] Gn

Brig, In Apr 41

Was Comdr. 35th In Divn 3 Apr 41

President, Supreme Mili-

431 Comdr, V Corps___

Was C of S, Third Army.as a col in Jan 43

Commandant, RiverForces

11 May 43. .

23 Nov 43-

Jan 4328 Oct 43

J.ntt

on J Mar -1C. und led Itin the reoccupation ofthe Sascka-Baranya

decorated. Very capable

good organizer. Now be-lieved retired.

tiflcation of GOTHAYBla, Ma] Gen. below.Probably retired.

See GOTAY Bla. Ma)Gen, above. Probabii>retired.

Ifith Frontier Bn. andlater of 13th Inf Dlv,Deserted in face D[ trialor jvidk massacre.

in IV Corps as Col in

in Russia.As a Col In 1939 wa C of

S, m Corps. DecorateaIn Mov 43.

.Name lagf)

^rv^.

HBilBHOST.*

Hv

HOMLOK Hnd t vitz. __HORTHY Mlkll Vltfe

.pyhiT,,- (7|)

HORVTH FerencHORVTH Gza

armvTa T _*IA it

HORVTH Viktor vitztniwipai 17V1P1.*,IBRANYI Mihly. . ..

vitz vajai a ibranyi

ISTOKA DMB-J-.

Mj Gn ...Admiral

Ma) Gen_Gn

Mj Gn

MB] GenMj Gen

Mj Gen

Col

Military .ttmch to Berlin

-C Armed Forces '

Comdr. Armored Dlv _Chief. Bureau ol Account-

me. Defense Ministry

W Comd lath Inf

Chief, Gp 11. Bur ofGround Forces. DefenseMinistry

1 Jan **

15 Apr _

2S Feb 41

It Sep 43S Apr 41. .

Jut 41

Jon

C-ln-C of Agrlan FleeAdmiral in

Speaks flueFrench, Ger

of the Slavic

active for

pro-Nazi.

QuartermasW

Ministry, fComdr" 'v1940 and erleretc, hfr ' .nnal V.rProbably retl

Probably retlr

G5C.

ustroHunas Vice

man, IUI-

guagea.ent. able.

is (roughly

r Corp^s^

!St. Com-

ir 1941.' En-wide pro-owlertge.red.ep 43.d.

Name, (age)JANY Cusztv vitz (81)

JORDAN Jino. te.th.liIUSTY Emil vti nemet

HALKAKIG, Itt. U

RankCol Gen

GenLt Gen .

Col-^--

Col

Ml] Oen.

AppointmentRetired. Now Prs. o

Gamma Factory (makesAA euns), Budafok

Comdr. AA Dtene

tions Group, GS, since

Chief Bureau of Preceden'ce. Defense Ministry

identified23 Sep 43

i }

Jin

15 Oct 43

Jan 43 . . . .

Jan 43

RemarksInf and GSC. C of S. Re-

Ludovlca Academy.Comdr. Reinforced Brig.Privy Councillor on

tlvlty. Comdr, Second

43. Commanded Second

Vigorous for his age.

man. Strong mind, firm

on""f ti CbTA Hun-gari.n general..

Arty. Troop duty, ta-

in Defense Ministry.Comdr. AA of a Corps.Chief. Group VI. De-

GSC. Formerly Chief. Sec-

Ish, not pro -German;

ZULI. Lt. Col. above.

KLMN Lfl'0--- KANOTAY (orKATONAY)

Mihly vitz. .:,..._

KARPATHY Kamilld vitel (68) __

KENESE Waldernr (S) ,...

KERESZTES Gyula. _____KERZSZTE5-FISCHEH Lajot (60)

KEsnOLtedvtt*

Col. _ _

Mj Gn ...

Col Gn . .__

Lt Gn

Col

ColMj Gn ....Mj Gen_

lln

President. Central Recep-

pert)Retired. Member of Upper

House of Parliament

Formerly Comdr. AirForce

C of S, II Corps __ _Aide to the Regent (for-

merly, and possibly .till.First ADC.)

ADC to Defame MlnUter

Retired. Chief. Bureau ofWelfare. Defenaa Min-istry

10 Nov *3

19 Oct 43 _

5 Feb 41

Jan 43 .__21 Feb 41 _

25 Oct 43.....

Air Forte,

Inf and GSCguished serv

Ludovlea. C

ce withUint0c a

Cav and Air Force. Comdr.Aviation SchoAir Force. Hewas recalled

of Air Force.has retired ag

GSC.Arty and GSC

Brig and CHeaded Air SDefense Minis

a politician,

GSC.

l, Comdr.tired and

commandProbably

Logisticsomdr, Infav Brig.

St"**,iteUigent.

specially

Name (age)

KIRLY Andrs

KISS Istvn viti... _KISS Klmn ___ __.__.

KOLTHAY Ferenc vitzKOMPOST Nndor. -....

HTH7if-S

KOVCS Tibor ...... -KOZMA Istvn vitz felstorjai .

Hanlt

Mj Gen

Ma) GnMj Gen__.

Lt GnMa) Gen__

Lt Col

Mj Gen___Mj Gen___Mai

KUNCZFALOSSY Jen vitet-KUTHY Lszl vitz. _,.. _LAKATOS Gza vllz

csikszentslrnoi (M)

LZR Kroly vlttzLEGEZA JnosLEHOSZKY Gyli, vitz

kirilylehotai _ -..-LEKICS _

LENGYEL Bla vit ebesfalvl .LICHTENECKERT Andrs

LITTAY A....____

LJTTAY Andrs vitz (B)

Cd

CQICol Gn

(was Lt

Ma) Gn - ...

Ma) Gn . .Mj Gen__.

Organil.ation (Premili-A leader of occupation

troops In Yugoslavia

C M S, I Corps ,.

Corps)

Was Comdr. 3d FrontierBrig, in Apr 41

(Sff DEZS Lnl vitz.U Gen)

Camdr. 5th Inf RfglPersonal Adjutant to De-

fense Minister

Described IB "Vice Chair-man. Ministry of De-fense-

Retired _ _

19421?)

Jan 43 ._ ._

11 Oct 43 _

IB Dec 43 __

Jan 43 _

26 Nov 43 .

Jan 43 _1939 _ _ .28 Sep 30 Dot 43

GSC.

Inf and GSC. Instructorin Defense Ministry. Mi-

C of S of a Corps.

41-May 43.

Probably retired.

Probably retired.

tiflcation of LITTAYAndrs vitz, below.

Inf and GSC. Chief, GSC.Comdr, V Corps Area.DC of S. Headed Bu-

Defenee Ministry. Wai

Name (age)LJTTAY Andrea

(cant.)

H-lClfiV f.rmn

MADAY Istvn

MAGYAROSY Sndor vitel

f.i ,nn T.S ,rl.

MAKKAY Istvn irwkiti geleji __

Rank

ColHa] Gen

Maj Gen

n.

Mel Gen _Lt Gen

Lt (^

Maj Gen..-. .

Appointment

C of S. V Corps -.. ...( Misspellin g of HOLLOS Y -

Member of Regent's per-

Chief, Bureau of AirForces. Defense Mlnll-trr, since Oct 41

Comdr, Mobile Con.and Inspector. Mtz anc

--- - * '

idelufied

Jan 43

Jan 43

Sep43

Jan 43...-.30 0 43..

21 Aug 43

3 Oct 43

B,m,,fc.

SS"S;.knowledge and calm

May be same as LTTTAY

GSC.

Was Comdr of an infantrybrigade in V Corps.

Probably retired.

Inf and GSC. DefenseMinistry. Instructor !nHistory at Ludovica.ADC and Ast to Army

Frontier Brig. 1839.Chief, Training Section.GS, 1940.

Dccarated In Oct 43.

'-'

1

s

MALTARY (or 1UT1ARY orMATLARY) rpd vitz __

MARANTH LraloMAR1AY Aladr

MAHKOCZY Jnos vitz

MARSCHALKO B61a _

MATH Klmn vitel nemes

MATTYASOV5ZKY Lszl

MEREV Lsz.6 n.gy.zlmec.i

MR7.rt Fnrfro II*.

,=,

MOLNR Istvn . ...... ......MOLNR LszlMUHR Jlsef

U-oj f!n

Col_Mj Gn......Mj Gn

Mj Gn.

Lt Gn

Gn

Mj Gn

Mai Gen..

Gn

Mj Gn.

Second In Comnuad, mCorpi, ind Comdr, BlhInl Div

Was Comdr, Zld Inl Div,in Apr 41

Comdr. NCO School atJuts

Was Comdr, Mth In Div,in Apr 41

vSr?r*ident. W.r Pro-vidini Authority

Chief Bureau of ing!neerlng. Defence Minis-

Service

Was Comdr. 7th Int Dlv.as a colonel to Apr 41

ADC to the Regent

C o S. Vtl Corps

X NOT 43

3 Oct 43S Apr 41....

Jan 43

S Apr 41

4 Oct 43

1938

Jfln M

Uo.

Jan 43 _15 Sep 433 Oct 43

Decorated in Oct 43.Probably retired.

Probably retirad.

Formerly (until 20 Sep

EHSESSProbably retired.

slated for higher post

Probably retired.

Decorated in Oct 43.

Ni (>B.)NADAY Istvin vitel (M) _.

NAGY ron vitz ssotyori __. .

NAGY Gbor

NAGYVil.no.vite,

~_I.-j' -, . " . .. . . - _ . _, .

*

Col Qn . .

Ma) Gn

Mj Gn

Appointment

Retired. Commandant,Army Museum IBuda-

Canunandant. Bolyai JnosTechnical Academy

RetiredUeved U Defense Min-

Date lastIdentified

2 Nov 43 _

Jan 43

21 Aug 43 ..

13 Jul 43

H,mk,Int and GSC. tn Defense

Ministry. Instructor.

0>"rltion G"OU "cs" '1940: in Defense Minis-try In 1941. Has travel-led widely. Is not pro-

rman.

Section in Defense Mln-

of^mixed "brigades1Comdr. VII Corps, inFeb 41. Probably r*-

RebJoic^d'Brtr' Headed

istty. Inspector of Inf.

German. Ctlm. methodl-

NARAY Antal nral (Slt_:

NMKTH Tmrr (11)

attirS-TH Ifi 1 HAr

NOVAK Elemr gorondl

NOVALOVIC Bla

OLKAYl (or OLKAY

Col

Mm] Gen_.

M i f-

Ma] Gn -

Formerly Svctitxrj m-eral of Suprn Ite-fense Council

Was Comdr. 8th Inf Dv.

RfttTffl(See GORONDV-NOVAK

troops in Yugoslav*.

Commandant, Horthy lat-

in Apr 41

S Apr 41 _

12 Jun 43 .

1M2() .

";;,Inf and C

DefraM

40,Inf. Milit

Mim^T

Name pro

S,spring 43

Name (age)

PACHNEB . . .

PETERDY Pal__ .

PETRIKErnS ___-_

PLATZMAN. ___

POLTARY Vilmos vitz ...__

HAKOLCZAI Lajos ...RKOSI Bla nemes

Rank

Mj Gen ......

Lt Col

Mj GnMj Gn

Ma] Gn

Lt Co l i ? lL.t Gn

MMMIComdr, Bth Int IHv

in Apr 41

Was Comdr, 10th Int Div

Retired

Reported as Comdr, EOOthLC Dlv, in Oct 42

Asst to Inspector o Gen-darmerie

%^??T.Se

BankDate last

24 Jan 44.

21 N v 43

5 Apr 41_.._.

28 Sep 43 ... .

1 Oct 42 .

Jan 43

ioJC""

Remarks

Made Knight of the Mili-tary Order of MariaTheresa in Jan 44, ioraction at Voronezh.

Assisted at ex minaUons

wardens. Probably retired.

PLATTHY Pl. below.Decorated in Sep 43.

mander" In Oct 43.

^l^n^er^-

' '''" V" r RAKOVSZY Gr&Tfy nagyrakL

%

fe

y5

(Hungarian Nazi) Party.

Artillery School andproving grounds. HeadedGroup HI. Bureau of

C of S. m Corps.GSC.

Served in raHro.d and

World War. Later Chid

SCHMOLL Endre(cant.)

Rank

SCHWEITZER Istvn (37) _.

SIEGLER Gza ebeww>Ml__SILLEV Antal (G7)

Col Gen..

n.

Cnl

MajGen

, , ... .. r_m^ .-^r . \

-...._...

r n* n ru rnrp.

- :. aaAn^&i*^- ---

Date tail Remarks

of s,^ ,^ ln j^

11 May 43 .

21 Jun 43

Jan 431939 ^ .

I^_- . ,. .

Jnos Technical

1940. '

School. Headed

Comdr, II Corps

(1941-427). A verjUvated officer, c

strnctor.

Min.

Aca-

r. GSSee-

1S39-

eul-nsid-

ident"flc.tiDnnof" CZEV-

leketehalrnyr,eL.tformerly Comdr

GSc"1"Probably retired.

rteffrS^Mm

Comdr, V Corps.Aug 39 al least24 Feb 41. A very

five languages).well-liked and h

Gen.V

clion

Irig.

cul-

VerrBhls

^Sii,

301. V MOSS V Li.rl VltE

SV*NHA2Y-HEDICZY

STEMMER LSZ14 _.,.STIR1JNG Lszl

szentvravrt (SS)

SZABADHEGYI Ferenc vitel

SZAB Lsilo vitz ....

Ma] G.._..

LtGen_.

(Col Gn?)

Mj Gn . . ....

Mj Gn _Ma] Gn ..__.

fcttort .

Budapest. In 19B

Commandant, Cartograph-ic Institute (Budapesti

Retired

AMI. to Inipector of Grn.

Milltary attach to Rome

ZSSep 43 .

16 Aug 39 _

28 3ep 43 .

20 Dec 40 -

JnW

BAu43

De'^ t,

Leven

Comdr.1B36.1938.

Decorate

Arty. Pr

GS St IBolyai

major41. Co

Russiatured

a \n Sep 43.

e on 29 Aug 43.

7th Mixed BrigVas C of GS in

d In Sep 43.

orodr, EX Corps,

general in Apr

nt eenera! in

n Feb 43.

Name (age)

SZAVAY Sndor

SZIRMAV Aladr vitz

sgaaSZOMBATHELYI Ferenc

Rack( M j )

Col

MajCenl?)(was Coln Aug 43)

Ren^k.

Head of Arrow CTOBB(Hungrin Nazi) Pr

Army In 1929 tor politi-cal MCtivies

c o s, vin Corps __

Chief. Group IV, Bureo

Ministry

Comdr. 9th Arty Regt -

RankIdentified

20Nov43__.

Jan

15S*p43

30 Dec 4323Nov43

Remarks

Was MaJ on OS when

in other respects.GSC.

wTO!S,eld Ts^" iVrpalota In 1939. Prob-ably retired.

GSC. Was C of S. n

Not an tl -British.

in First World War. C

Jan 39-Sep It. Led thla

clear-headed, unpreju-

5ZURMAY Laloi vltt--_

TEMESVARY Endre vitzTEMESY Bla Dr._

TERNEGG Klmn (57) -

g

Ma] Gen..,.._

Ma] Gn

MaJGen ..Ma) Gn

Chief. Group VI. Bureau

Brig. In Apr 41

sonal entourage

Chief. Croup X. Bureauof Ground Forces. De-lense Ministry

:-.z::':_"z:.:zziz:

Jon 43

Jan 43Jan 43

16 Get ...-

War; active; has great

Probabl retired

NEGG Klmn, below.

1940, but Is probably

Arty. Instructor st Ludo-vica. Regimental Com-mander. Arty Comdr,Vnl Corps. Command-ant, ArtlUery School,

through Mar 41. May

Genthabove ^ecorta

Name (see)

TOROK Klmn.

im.Airvj,sUJSZASZY Istvn (50)____

UNGAR Kroly vitz buhove-

VANTJORFY Klmn vitfa

VASVARY Ifewf vitfa

s

Rank

n*n

Col

MJR.

Ma) Gen

MaJGen_

Appolntnunt

Member of Kegent's per

Wa, Comdr, 12th Inf Dlv

Chief, Security Servlci(Secret Police |

-,_

rormerly {until Etimmer

Date lustidentified

SeB -- -

5Apr41_

Jan 43J8 Dec 43 - .

Jan.._

0ct_

TSep

Remarks

Probably retired.

llgence. MllltWche to Frag

W-rctle "

E:riing and capabl

May be retired.

IB and GSC.Very polished a

and pro-Germ

Ueved u Chief.

" s:perhaps

d-worlt-

Mllltaryilfrade.d well-

in; re-lirtl^

VERESS Li js primr lUlnntl

^Z*

VRS Gza vitz nemem

ifAHAa M )[ii

01

Lt Gn-

Ma) Gn.Col

Ma] Gn

LtGen

the organization of the

to suppress internal dis-

May have replaced AN-DBAS Sndor, Col. as

Secretary General of theSupreme Defense Coun-cil since 20 Sep U

Head. Bureau of Supply,Detenu Mlnlitry

10 Jul 43.......

4 Out _

Jan 43""

U. Operations Or.

German "m t^htes

SSal 7""HORTHY.

Comdr. Zd Cav Brig1S40. Decorated in42 for the brilliant

Russian front. SenGermany in 1942take charge of matt

SiedCotr^HU'iea

in VI Corp,.

Was Chief, Opert

bicycle battalion. C

manded GS^ ^ Schoo^

Nan* ()WERTH Henrik

(cont.)

ZAK Andrs reznztt

ZSOMBOLY Bla z*ombolal

Rank

Cnl

Mj Gn -

Appointment

Chief f Protocol. DefenseMinistry (not the sameas Bureau of Preced-

Datalastidentified

Jan 43Jan 43

Jan 43

Remarks

Resent In Sep 41, re-

energe t ic character:

cal: highly respected In

tion: believes in war of

meeting of the Hun-garian-German societyIn Budapest in Oct 43.

CSC.

Section XIV. GLOSSARY OF MILITARYAND RELATED TERMS

53. INTRODUCTIONThis section is designed to enable intelligence personnel who

do not read Hungarian to recognize documents of military im-portance and to understand their general meaning. Commonabbreviations are given in parentheses. Verbs are given usuallyin the third person singular. Hungarian makes frequent use ofcompound words, prefixes, and suffixes. To find a compoundword in the glossary, it may be necessary to look for each ofits components separately. No English-Hungarian section isgiven, since it is not expected that this glossary can be usedaa a phrase book.

54. PRONUNCIATIONa. Vowels.Hungarian vowela have approximately the

same sounds as do those of other continental European lan-guages. A close vowel is pronounced very close. An acute accent(') placed over a letter indicates that the vowel is close.Umlauts indicate both quality and quantity of vowel sounds.The short umlaut is made like the German umlaut (") ; thelong umlaut is a double acute accent ("). Vowels are pro-nounced approximately as follows:

a like

as in old like H in church.6 like in unt, i like oo in boot like o in two as in German Mutter or French tit - as in German Fiihrer or French rue

i>. Consonants.Except as noted below, consonants haveapproximately the same value as in English:

c, cz like is in f i t s or German Zugc3 like ctt n churchp;y like hip

y as in j/ei, except that final y is equal to tZB like s in usual

e. Accent.The main stress is placed on the first vowel ineach word.

55. HUNGARIAN-ENGLISH (MAG \AR-ANGOL)GLOSSARY

Aa thebra diagram, figure

acl. . stee'lad gives, issues, transmitsadag ration, issue, portion, doseado transmitting station, tax

gy. bedgy (.) gunakad sticks fast; findsakadaiy obstacle

akar .,...is willing, wishes, intends, triesakna mineaknamez mine fieldal-. sub-i- false, dummyalacsony ...low, subordinatealak form, shapealakulat .......unit, formationalakzat tactical formation, parade formationalap base, basisalatt..,...,. underalezredes (alez.) lieutenant colonel ,. .alhadnagy (alhdgy.) warrant officeralkalmaz .employs, usesll stands, haltslland fixed, permanentllapot condition, statells position, gun positionllspont (p.) position, locationllat animalllategszsggyi (e.) veterinarylloms stationllomsparancsnok (pk.)railroad station master (or officer in

charge)llomny total, strengthalosztly (eloszt.) subunit, company, battery

altbornagy (altbgy.) lieutenant general, lieutenant fieldmarshal (U. S. major general)

Jso lower, of regimental or lower statusiltal by, through

altalnos general, universalaltiszt (alti.) . .. senior noncommissioned officer

il _ Englishanyag (A.) materieltnyagi vezrkari osztly

(I.e.) supply section, general staffmyaknyv register, permanent roster

r price, tide, floodram current, electricityarc facearcvonal front, sectorrksz engineerrok trenchrt injuresrul betrays, reveals, sellsas digst across, overtkarol ...outflanks; envelopstkel crosses, passestszll (it) lloms

(.) transfer stationttr breaks through, penetratesaz theazonnal immediatelyazonos identical

Bbal (b.) left, lefthandbaleset accident, mishapbart , friend, monkbe- inbecsl esteems, estimatesbecsletgy (b.) matter of honor, personal dispute

bekert surrounds, encirclesblyeg stamp (rubber, adhesive)bna lame, disabledbent indoors, insidebeoszt ..allots, allocates, disposesberendezs installation, arrangementbeszllsol installs, billetsbeszl - speaksbeteg (B.) sickbetegszllt vonat (B.). hospital trainisn

letr breaks in, makea initial penetrationBezrlag (bez.) inclusive, inclusivelytezarva (bez.) inclosed, surroundedr is strong enoughz .trusts

liztos , sure, certain, aecureliztosit (biz.) secures, assures protectionlortv , coveringnotetrtn prisonuntet punisheslvr diver

C, CsH , target, objectiveIm title, addresssak only, exclusively, not until

csapat (csap.) troop, body of troops, companycsapatrend - tactical disposition of troopscsapattest unit of regimental statuscsata -...- battlecsatr combat soldiercsavar screwcsendr (ca.) gendarme, rural policemantsendrsg (cs.) gendarmerie, rural policecsere exchange[so barrel (of gun or r i f le), tube, pipeanak -. - , boat, canoecsoport (caop.) group, task force, detachmentcstrtk. Thursday

Ddandr (dd.) brigadedarab (db.) piecedl (D.) south, noondlkelet (DK.) southeastdlnyugat (DNY.) southwestHj pay, salary, fee, reward

dszdobdolgozik ,dologdombdntdntdrtdrtnlklidugatty

egszsggyi (eegyegyenrtkegyenruha, .Egyeslt. Allamcegysg ,,.,-.j, j szakaejternyskelllelem (lni.) ..lelmez (lm.)lelmezs, .elemleaelhelyezeljrselltellenellenflellenrizellensg (elg.)ellentmadselnyomul

.ceremonialthrows, drops, drumworks, laborsthing matterhilldecides, settlesdecisivewirewirelesspiston

Eli.) medical

,,... oneof equal value or status

_ uniforml, United States

;.,.:.,^ ,unit.nightparachutist, paratrooperwedge, ornamentaway, offpoint (head of column) ; lives, is alivfood, rations

. . .. provisions (v.) , supplies with rationifood supplyelementsharp, live, primeddisposes, locates, assignsprocedure

.furnishes, provisions, suppliesagainstenemy (individual opponent)controls, checks, inspectsenemy (opposing force)counterattackadvances, presses forward

!e rs (ers.) outguarde ratartalk(erstart-) advance guard reserve

osztag (eog.) advance partye re forwarde ott beforee ved (eved.) advance guarde vdzm (evdz.) . . . . advance guard supporte zetea rtests advance notification, warning ordere s first, foremo