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The Hungarian Second Army (Második Magyar Hadsereg) was one of three field armies raised by the Kingdom of Hungary which saw action during World War II. All three armies were formed on March 1, 1940. The Second Army was the best-equipped Hungarian formation at the beginning of the war, but was virtually eliminated as an effective fighting unit ...
During the Battle of Stalingrad, the Hungarian Second Army suffered terrible losses. The Soviet breakthrough at the Don River sliced directly through the Hungarian units. Shortly after the fall of Stalingrad in January 1943, the Soviets crushed the Hungarian Second Army at the Battle of Voronezh. Ignoring German orders to stand and fight to the ...
Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli. The 2nd Army (German: k.u.k. 2. Armee), later designated East Army (German: Ost-Armee), was a field army-level command of Austro-Hungarian Army that was active during World War I. It was initially formed to take part in the Balkans Campaign before being transferred to the Eastern Front.
44M Zrínyi I. Tank destroyer. 1. 75 mm gun, 6 × Nebelwerfer 41 rockets were also mounted during testing. 44M Tas. Heavy tank. 2 prototypes (destroyed by bombing before they were completed) 80 mm gun, 1-2 × 8 mm Gebauer MGs. The vehicles below are foreign armoured fighting vehicles that Hungary used during WWII.
During 1943, the Hungarian Second Army was re-built. In late 1944, as part of Panzerarmee Fretter-Pico, it participated in the destruction of a Soviet mechanized group at the Battle of Debrecen. But this proved to be a Pyrrhic victory. Unable to re-build again, the Hungarian Second Army was disbanded towards the end of 1944.
Order of Battle for Second Ukrainian Front, October 1944. 2nd Ukrainian Front (Marshal Rodion Malinovsky) 7th Guards Army [1] (Lieutenant General Mikhail Shumilov) 24th Guards Rifle Corps. 72nd Guards Rifle Division. 81st Guards Rifle Division.
The Royal Hungarian Army (Hungarian: Magyar Királyi Honvédség, German: Königlich Ungarische Armee) was the name given to the land forces of the Kingdom of Hungary in the period from 1922 to 1945. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Its name was inherited from the Royal Hungarian Honvéd which went under the same Hungarian title of Magyar Királyi ...
The band at a parade in 2014. The Hungarian Defense Forces Central Military Band (Magyar Honvédség Központi Zenekar) is the representative musical ensemble of the HDF. Although it was officially founded in 1962, its history goes back to 1896, when the first Hungarian military band of music was established in Budapest.