The 13th Infantry Brigade was a
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of the
Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the
Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, or ''Projekt 25'' was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was p ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
Organization
Structure of the division:
* Headquarters
* 7th Infantry Regiment
* 37th Infantry Regiment
* 13th Artillery Regiment
* 13th Independent Cavalry Squadron
* 13th Anti-Aircraft Battery
* 13th Signal Company
* 13th Service Regiment
* Attached Mining Section
Commanders
13th Infantry Brigade ( hu, 13. gyalogdosztály)
*Brigadier General Gyula Nagy (23 Jan 1939 - 1 Mar 1940)
*Brigadier General Pál Platthy (1 Mar 1940 - 17 Feb 1942)
13th Light Division ( hu, 13. könnyűhadosztály)
*Brigadier General Pál Platthy (17 Feb 1942 - 1 Apr 1942)
*Brigadier General
József Grassy
József Grassy (31 December 1894 – 5 November 1946) was a Hungarian military officer in the Royal Hungarian Army who, in the Second World War, commanded Hungarian divisions as an SS-'' Gruppenführer'' and ''Generalleutnant'' of the Waffen-SS. ...
(1 Apr 1942 - 15 Nov 1942)
*Brigadier General László Hollósy-Kuthy (15 Nov 1942 - 1 Feb 1943)
*None (1 Feb 1943 - 15 May 1943)
*Brigadier General Frigyes Vasváry (15 May 1943 - 10 Aug 1943)
13th Infantry Division ( hu, 13. gyalogdosztály)
*Brigadier General Károly Ungár (10 Aug 1943 - ? Mar 1944)
*Colonel János Markóczy (30 Mar 1944 - 1 Apr 1944)
*Brigadier General Dr. Gygula Hankovszky (1 Apr 1944 - 16 Oct 1944)
*Brigadier General Jénö Sövényházi-Herdiczky (16 Oct 1944 - 20 Dec 1944)
*Colonel Sándor Vályi (20 Dec 1944 - 27 Nov 1944)
Notes
References
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Military units and formations of Hungary in World War II
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