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15th Infantry Brigade (Hungary)

15th Infantry Brigade
Hungarian: 15. gyalogdosztály
Active1939–43
DisbandedAugust 1943
Country Kingdom of Hungary
BranchRoyal Hungarian Army
TypeInfantry
Part ofV Corps

The 15th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.[1]

The 15th Infantry Brigade was redesignated 15th Light Division 17 February 1942.[2]

Organization

April 1941[3]

15th Infantry Brigade (Kiskunhalas):

  • 20. Infantry Regiment (Kiskunhalas): Brigadier General Alajos Lemberkovits

I. Battalion (Kiskunhalas); II. Battalion (Kalocsa); III. Battalion (Baja)

  • 15. Field Artillery Division (Kiskunhalas): Lieutenant Colonel Tamas Szirmay

Commanders

15th Infantry Brigade (Hungarian: 15. gyalogdosztály)[2]

  • Brigadier General Lajos Veress (23 Jan 1939 - 1 Mar 1940)
  • Brigadier General Alajos Lemberkovits (1 Mar 1940 - 1 Aug 1941)
  • Colonel József Grassy (1 Aug 1941 - 17 Feb 1942)

15th Light Division (Hungarian: 15. könnyűhadosztály)[4]

  • Colonel József Grassy (17 Feb 1942 - 1 Apr 1942)
  • Major General Pál Platthy (1 Apr 1942 - 1 Aug 1943)
  • Brigadier General József Vasváry (1 Aug 1943 - 10 Aug 1943)

Notes

  1. ^ Niehorster 2013.
  2. ^ a b "15. Infantry Brigade (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. ^ "A Magyar Királyi Honvédség hadrendje 1941. április elején | Magyarok a II. világháborúban | Kézikönyvtár". www.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ "15. Light Division (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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