Gusztáv Vitéz Jány | |
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| Born | 21 October 1883 Rajka, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 26 November 1947 (aged 64) Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic |
| Allegiance | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Austria-Hungary (1905-1918) .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1943) |
| Service/ | Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army |
| Years of service | 1905–43 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Unit | I Corps Second Army |
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Colonel General Vitéz[lower-alpha 1] Gusztáv Jány (born Gusztáv Hautzinger; 21 October 1883 in Rajka, Kingdom of Hungary; died 26 November 1947 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian officer during World War II who commanded the Hungarian Second Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. After the war, he was found guilty of war crimes and executed by firing squad. He was posthumously exonerated in 1993 by the Supreme Court of Hungary.[1]
Awards
- Hungarian Gold Medal of Bravery
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class
- Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (March 31, 1943)
Notes
References
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Kovács, Attila Ótott (2006). Die ungarischen Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes. Ranis: Scherzers Militaer-Verl. ISBN 978-3-938845-02-8.
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