14th Infantry Brigade
Hungarian: 14. gyalogdosztály
Active1939–43
DisbandedAugust 1943
Country Kingdom of Hungary
BranchRoyal Hungarian Army
TypeInfantry
Part ofV Corps

The 14th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.[1]

Organization

April 1941[2]

14th Infantry Brigade (Szeged):

  • 9. Infantry Regiment (Szeged): Colonel Laszlo Deak

I. Battalion (Szeged); II. Battalion (Csongrád); III. Battalion (Hódmezővásárhely)

  • 14. Field Artillery Division (Szeged): Colonel Frederick Miklay

The 14. Infantry Brigade redesignated 14. Light Division 17 February 1942.[3]

Commanders

14th Infantry Brigade (Hungarian: 14. gyalogdosztály)[3]

  • Brigadier General Antal Silley (23 Jan 1939 - 1 Aug 1939)
  • Brigadier General Marcell Stomm (1 Aug 1939 - 17 Feb 1942)

14th Light Division (Hungarian: 14. könnyűhadosztály)[4]

  • Brigadier General Marcell Stomm (17 Feb 1942 - ? Oct 1942)
  • Brigadier General Zontán Kozma (? Oct 1942 - 10 Aug 1943)

Notes

  1. Thomas & Szabo 2008, p. 14.
  2. "A Magyar Királyi Honvédség hadrendje 1941. április elején | Magyarok a II. világháborúban | Kézikönyvtár". www.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  3. 1 2 "14. Infantry Brigade (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  4. "14. Light Division (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

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