14th Infantry Brigade (Hungary)

14th Infantry Brigade

Hungarian: 14\. gyalogdosztály
Active| 1939–43
Disbanded| August 1943
Country|  Kingdom of Hungary
Branch| Royal Hungarian Army
Type| Infantry
Part of| V Corps

Military unit

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

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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

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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

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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. ^ a b "14. Infantry Brigade (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
4. ^ "14. Light Division (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

## References

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* Thomas, Nigel; Szabo, Laszlo (2008). The Royal Hungarian Army in World War II. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-324-7.

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