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The Royal Hungarian Army
1920 - 1945

by Leo W.G. Niehorster
 
CHAPTER 17
ARMY HIGH COMMANDS

c. The Royal Hungarian National Defence (Honvéd) Ministry
[Magyar Királyi Honvédelmi Minisztérium]

Manning Chart
[Annex XX, Darnoy, Organisation der kgl.ung. Honvéd Armee]
 
Honvéd Minister
  15.03.20 19.07.20   Károly Soós
  19.07.20 16.12.20   István Sréter
  16.12.20 28.06.23   Sándor Belitska
  28.06.23 10.10.29   Károly Csáky
  10.01.29 02.09.36   Gyula Gömbös
  (as of 1.10.32 also Minister President)
  14.05.36 07.08.36   Miklós Kozma
  02.09.36 06.10.36   József Somkuthy
  12.10.36 14.05.38   Vilmos Röder
  14.05.38 15.01.38   Jenö Rátz
  15.01.38 24.09.42   Károly Bartha
  24.09.42 12.06.43   Vilmos Nagy
  12.06.43 16.10.44   Lajos Csatay
  16.10.44 27.03.45   Károly Beregfy (also Commander-In-Chief)
Secretary of State / Deputy Honvéd Minister
  1927 10.10.29   Maj. (GSC) (Ret.) Gyula Gömbös
  10.10.29 13.05.38   Maj.Gen. Sándor Algya-Papp
Deputy Honvéd Minister
  13.05.38 15.01.38   Maj.Gen. Károly Bartha
  15.01.38 1939   Maj.Gen. Miksa Nagyszombathy
  1939 01.12.40   Maj.Gen. Emil Barabás
  01.12.40 15.09.41   Lt.Gen. Sándor Györfy-Bengyel
  15.09.41 01.01.42   Lt.Gen. Andras Littay
  01.01.42 15.10.44   Lt.Gen. Imre Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger
  17.10.44 01.05.45   Lt.Gen. Feketehalmy-Czeydner
Adjutant
  1939 1940   Col. (GSC) Frigyes Gyimesy
  1940 1941   Col. (GSC) Jenö Sárkány
  1941 1942   Lt.Col. (GSC) Sándor Makray
  1942 1943   Col. (GSC) Kálmán Kéry
  1944 1944   Col. (GSC) Otto Hatz
  1944 1945   Col. (GSC) Ference Makay-Hollósy
   Deputy:
          Pál Hadváry (Ground Forces)
Kázmér Jávorszky (Air Force)
Administrative Office
  1939 1940   Councillor Dr. Ödön Zamárdy
  1940 1944   Councillor Dr. István Oláh
Staff Group (Chancellory)
   Group Chief:
  1939 1940   Col. (GSC) Imre Németh
  1940 1941   Col. (GSC) Béla Lengyel
  1941 1942   Brig. Gen. Gábor Faraghó
  1943 1944   Col. (GSC) Zoltán Zsedényi
  1944     Brig. Gen. Dezsö Istóka
   Deputy:
  1940 1941   Col. (GSC) Béla Aggteleky
  1943 1944   Col. (GSC) Imre Pogány
  1944       Col. (GSC) Gyula Kalkó
Section A (Regulations and Bulletins)
(until 1941)
   Section Chief:
  1939 1940   Col. (GSC) Alfréd Bántay
  1940 1941   Lt.Col. (GSC) Mihály Perlaky
  1941     Col. (GSC) Zoltán Zsedényi
Section B (Military Attaché Group)
(Attached to Section 2 of the Hungarian General Staff as of 1941)
   Section Chief:
  1936 1939   Col. (GSC) Rezsö Andorka
  1939 1940   Col. (GSC) Gábor Faraghó
  1940 1941   Col. (GSC) Mihály Perlaky
Records Section
(Replaces Section A in 1941)
   Section Chief:
  1939 1941   Lt.Col. (GSC) Gyula Keresztes
  1941 1942   Col. (GSC) Aladár Csatay
  1942 1943   Col. (GSC) Imre Pogány
  1943 1944   Col. (GSC) Kálmán Bartalits
Army Chaplains Section
Catholic Bischop of the Honvéd:
  1920 1926   István P. Zadravecz
  1927 1928   József Halász
  1929 1945   Dr. István Hász
Protestant Chaplain of the Honvéd:
    1945   Dr. Elemér Soltész
MILITARY BUREAU
(until 01.03.41. Then becomes Bureau of the Ground Forces)
Group I and Group III assigned to the Military Bureau until 01.03.41.
   Chief of Bureau:
  1939 1940   Maj.Gen. Emil Zách
  1940 01.03.41   Maj.Gen. Sándor Györfy-Bengyel
BUREAU OF THE GROUND FORCES
(as of 01.03.1941)
   Chief of Bureau:
  01.03.41 01.10.42   Lt.Gen. Szilárd Schindler
  01.10.42 01.01.43   Maj.Gen. István Náday
  01.01.43 01.03.44   Maj.Gen. György Rakovszky
  01.03.44 16.10.44   position not filled
  16.10.44 18.12.44   Brig. Gen. Gyula Hankovszky
  18.12.44 01.05.45   Maj.Gen. Miklós Nagyöszy
Group I
(Organization and Mobilization)
   Group Chief:
  1939 1940   Maj.Gen. Emil Barabás
  1940 01.03.41   Maj.Gen. Szilárd Schindler
  01.03.41 01.10.42   Maj.Gen. István Náday
  01.10.42 01.03.43   Brig. Gen. Mihály Cseke
  01.03.43 16.10.44   Brig. Gen. Miklós Nagyöszy
   Deputy:
  1943 1944   Col. (GSC) Agoston Gecsányi
Section 1/a (Peace Time Organization)
   Chief:
  1939 1940   Col. (GSC) Béla Aggteleky
  1940 01.05.44   Col. (GSC) Gyözö Jolsvay
  01.05.44 15.10.44   Col. (GSC) Ferenc Makay-Hollósy
  16.10.44 1945   Lt.Col. Endre Pesty
   Attached General Staff Corps Officers:
    1940   Cpt. (GSC) Endre Farkas
  1942 1943   Cpt. (GSC) Béla Király
  1942 1943   Cpt. (GSC) László Geröberrky-Perjésy
    1944   Cpt. (GSC) József Görgényi
Section 1/b (Wartime Organization)
   Chief:
  1939 1939   Col. (GSC) Kálmán Török
  1939 1941   Col. (GSC) Mihály Cseke
  1942 1943   Col. (GSC) Miklós Nagyöszy
  1943 1943   Col. (GSC) Agoston Gecsányi
  1944 01.03.44   Col. (GSC) Sándor Zachár
  01.03.44     Lt.Col. (GSC) Aladár Gál-Zugi
   Deputy:
  1939 1942   Col. (GSC) Dénés Dobák
  1943 1944   Maj. (GSC) László Vértes
Section 1/om (Mobilization)
   Chief:
  1942 01.10.43   Col. (GSC) Dénes Dobák
  01.10.43 1944   Col. (GSC) Károly Chemez
   Attached General Staff Corps Officers:
  01.10.42 01.01.43   Cpt. (GSC) József Döbrössy
Section 1/ny (Replacements)
   Chief:
  1943 1944   Col. József Németh
Section 9 (Schools and Training)
   Chief:
  1942 1944   Col. (GSC) Ference Karlóczy
Section 10 (Enlisted Personnel)
   Chief:
  1939 1940   Col. Aladar Pintér
  1940 1941   Col. Gyözö Materna
  1941 1942   Col. (GSC) Béla Lengyel
  1943 1944   Col. (GSC) Lajos Vincze
Section 19 (Border Guards)
   Chief:
  1939 1943   Col. Antal Benda
  1943 1945   Col. János Hatnay
Section 21 (Internees and Prisoners of War)
   Chief:
    1943   Col. Zoltán Baló
  1943 15.10.44   Col. (GSC) Lóránt Utassy
Group II
(Personnel)
   Group Chief:
  1941 1942   Col. (GSC) FerencBardóczy
  1943 01.03.44   Col. (GSC) Brig. Gen. Dezsö Istóka
  01.03.44 15.10.44   Col. (GSC) Sándor Szávay
  16.10.44 1945   Col. (GSC) Dr. Mihály Bán
Section 4 (Retirees, Widows, Orphans, etc.)
   Chief:
  1943 1944   Col. István Soós
Section 8
(Until 01.03.41 under Group I, then split up into three sections: 8/e, 8/b, 8/ny)
Section 8/e (General Officer Attachments)
   Chief:
  1939 01.03.40   Col. (GSC) Jenö Major
  1940 1941   Col. (GSC) Ference Bardóczy
  1942 1943   Col. (GSC) Dr. Mihály Bán
  1943 1944   Col. (GSC) László Csetkey
   Deputy:
    1944   Maj. (GSC) Károly Meggyes
  1944 1945   Maj. (GSC) Endre Kalmár
   Attached General Staff Corps Officers:
  1942 1942   Cpt. (GSC) Ferenc Kovács
  1942 1943   Cpt. (GSC) Antal Radnóczy
  1943 1945   Cpt. (GSC) Andras Bak
  1943 1945   Cpt. (GSC) Lajos Balikó
Section 8/b (Officer Attachments)
   Chief:
  1939 1941   Col. László Molnár
  1942 1943   Col. Pál Szombathy
  1943 1945   Col. Ernö Godányi
Section 8/ny (Officer Records)
   Chief:
  1939 1942   Col. Máthé
  1942 1944   Col. János Tusa
Section 20 (Royal Gendarmerie)
(As of 01.03.41 under Group II)
   Chief
    1942   Col. of the Gendarmerie Endre Temesvári
  1943 1945   Col. of the Gendarmerie Ferenc Mátray
Group VI
(Civil Defense)
   Group Chief:
  1941 1942   Brig. Gen. Nándor Komposcht
  1943 1944   Brig. Gen. Lajos Szurmay
Section 35 (Interpretation of the Defence Act of 1939)
   Chief:
  1942 1944   Col. (GSC) Attila Selymessy
Section 36 (Air Defence, Air Raid Protection)
   Chief:
  1942 1944   Lt.Col. (ESC) Julián Borsány
Group X
(Casualty Administration)

(until 01.03.40 Casualty Administration Section)
(from 01.03.40 until 1943 Section 22)
   Group Chief:
  1939 1940   Brig. Gen. József Horváth
  1941 1942   Brig. Gen. Ernö Petrik
  1942 1944   Brig. Gen. Arpád Tarnayáry
Section 22/h (Wounded, Invalids, etc.)
   Chief:
  1943 1944   Col. (Ret.) Mihály Géczy
Section 22/v (Graves)
   Chief:
  1943 1944   Col. (Ret.) Sándor Váry
BUREAU OF THE AIR FORCE
(Until 01.03.40: Air Force)
   Chief of Bureau:
  01.03.41 19.03.41   Lt.Gen. András Littay
  1941 1942   Maj.Gen. György Rákosi
  1942 1944   Maj.Gen. Sándor Magyarossy
  1944 1944   Maj.Gen. Vilmos Hellebronth
  1945 1945   Lt.Gen. Kálmán Ternegg
Section 30 (Legal Affairs and Administration)
(Disbanded on 15.01.45)
   Chief:
    1944   Lt.Col. Dr. Béla Csepreghy
Group IV
(Organization and Training)

(Until 01.03.40: Group I of the Air Force)
   Group Chief:
  1940 1942   Col. (GSC) Aladár Szirmay
  1943 1944   Col. János Németh
Section 37 (Organization)
   Chief:
  1939 1941   Lt.Col. (GSC) Sándor András
  1941 1943   Lt.Col. (GSC) János Németh
  1943 1944   Maj. (GSC) László Várkonyi
Section 38 (Personnel)
   Chief:
    1944   Col. Kálmán Kazay
5.rep General Staff Section (Training)
(Assigned to the Honvéd General Staff)
   Chief:
  1942 1944   Lt.Col. (GSC) Pál Németh
7.rep General Staff Section (Employment and Operations)
(Assigned to the Honvéd General Staff)
   Chief:
  1942 1943   Maj. (GSC) Kázmér Jávorszky
  1943 1944   Lt.Col. (GSC) Zoltán Aszódy
   Deputy:
  1943 01.10.44   Cpt. (GSC) Jenö Rutkay
  01.10.44 1945   Cpt. (GSC) Rády-Péntek
Group V
(Procurement and Administration)

(Until 01.03.40: Group II of the Air Force)
   Group Chief:
    1944   Brig. Gen. Vilmos Hellebronth
  1944 1945   Col. (GSC) János Németh
Staff Section
   Chief:
  1941 01.03.44   Lt.Col. (ESC) Emil Barkász
  01.03.44 1945   Maj. (GSC) Miklós Balássy
Section 31 (Technology)
   Chief:
    1941   Maj. György Jakab
  1942 1943   Maj. (GSC) Pál Németh
  1943 1944   Maj. Viktor Prugerberger
Section 32/a (Flying Equipment)
   Chief:
  1943 1944   Col. Ernö Ojtozy
Section 32/b (Arms, Equipment, and Vehicles)
   Chief:
  1943 1944   Col. Ottó Szaich
Section 32/eü (Medical Services)
   Chief:
  1943 1944   Lt.Col. Dr. Gusztáv Scholtz
Section 33 (Airfields and Installations)
   Chief:
  1941 1944   Col. Arpád Gálocsi
Section 34 (Budget)
   Chief:
  1942 1944   Col. Dezsö Dobay
BUREAU OF SUPPLY
(Until 01.03.41: Supply Group)
   Chief of Bureau:
  1939 1940   Maj.Gen. Sándor Györfy-Bengyel
  1940 01.03.41   Maj.Gen. Imre Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger
  01.03.41 01.01.41   Brig. Gen. József Heszlényi
  01.01.41 1942   Brig. Gen. János Vörös
  1942 15.01.44   Maj.Gen. Frigyes Gyimesy
  15.01.44 1945   Maj.Gen. Miklós Nagyöszy
   Deputy (and Quarter Master General)
  1939 1940   Brig. Gen. Antal Náray
Group III
(Procurement and Supply)
   Group Chief:
  1941 01.01.44   Maj.Gen. Endre Schmoll
  01.01.44 1945   Brig. Gen. (ESC) Béla Ferenczy
Staff Section (General Administration)
(Disbanded 1.11.44 and incorporated in Section 3 of the General Staff )
   Chief:
  1940 1941   Col. (GSC) Kázmér Kubicza
  1942 1944   Col. (GSC) László Zsigmondi
   Deputy:
  1939 1943   Maj. (GSC) Béla Demeter
  1943 1944   Cpt. (GSC) István Tóth
Section 2/é (Rations)
   Chief:
  1939 1941   Col. Dr. Pál Bodrogi
  1942 1944   Col. Mihály Mózes
Section 2/i (Pay)
   Chief:
    1944   Col. János Szaladin
Section 2/r (Clothing)
   Chief:
  1939 1941   Col. József Lambert
  1942 1944   Col. Jenö Kovalszky
Section 3/a (Weapons and Optics)
   Chief:
  1941 01.03.41   Col. (GSC) Vilmos Hellebronth
  01.03.41 1944   Col. (ESC) Béla Ferenczy
  1944 1945   Lt.Col. (ESC) Attila Noszticus
Section 3/b (Motor Vehicles and Fuel)
   Chief:
  1939 1942   Col. (GSC) Ferenc Osztovics
  1942 1944   Col. (GSC) Oszkár Littomericzky
  1944 1945   Lt.Col. (ESC) Károly Kádas
   Deputy:
    1943   Maj. (GSC) Ferenc Kisbank
  1943 1944   Maj. (GSC) Zoltán Demjáni
  1944 1945   Maj. (ESC) László Oláh
Section 3/c (Ammunition and Explosives)
   Chief:
    1944   Col. (ESC) Géza Asztalos
Section 5 (Animals and Vehicles)
   Chief:
  1939 1942   Col. (GSC) György Vukováry
  1942 1944   Col. (GSC) István Badzey
Section 6/k (Budget)
   Chief:
    1944   Col.-Intendant Emil Boldvay
Section 11 (Housing)
   Chief:
  1939 1940   Col. Sándor Csiby
  1941 1942   Col. Kálmán Vándorfi
  1943 1944   Col. Gyula Ries
Section 12 (Medical)
   Chief and Chief of the Army Medical Corps
  1939 1942   Brig. Gen. Dr. Richard Franck
  1942 1943   Brig. Gen. Dr. Antal Demkö
  1943 1944   Brig. Gen. Dr. Béla Millián
[Sections 7/k, 7/m, and 7/ö of the General Staff were still subordinate to Group III of the Honvéd Ministry as of 01.03.1940 regarding matters of purchasing.]
Chief of the Administrative Office
   Chief:
  1942 1944   Gen.Lt. Gyula Karánsebessy
Chief of the Engineer Corps
  1942 1945   Brig. Gen. Mattyasovszky
Chief of Remonts:
  1942 1944   Col. (Ret.) Alfréd Adda
Inspector General of the Armaments Industry
(as of 1942)
   Inspector General:
          Maj.Gen. Lászlo Stirling
   Officer In Charge of Sub-Maschine Guns and Munition:
          Col. (ESC) Elemér Bátor
   Officer In Charge of Rubber Production:
          Col. (ESC) Béla Csernetzky
   Officer In Charge of Tanks and Motor Vehicles:
          Col. (ESC) Bartholomeidesz
   Officer In Charge of Fuel:
          Col. (ESC) József Kutassy
   Officer In Charge of Armaments Production:
          Brig. Gen. Károly Bézler
   MÁVAG-Director:
          Kálmán Borbély
Industrial Materials Office
   Director:
          Col. (ESC) Lajos Károlyi
Group IX
(Armaments and Defense Industry)

(Also assigned to the Ministry of Industry as Group XVII)
   Group Chief:
    1943   Brig. Gen. Jenö Bór
  1943 1945   Brig. Gen. (ESC) Gyula K'ézay
Section 3/v (Government Owned Industry)
   Chief:
    1944   Col. (ESC) Andor Bartha
Section 17/a (Mobilization and Air Defense)
(Also assigned to the Ministry of Industry as Group XVII/A)
   Chief:
  1939 1940   ?
  1940 1942   Col. (GSC) Dr. Lajos Fábián
  1943 1944   Col. (GSC) Kálmán Szabó
   Deputy:
  1939 1940   Maj. (GSC) István Berkó
  1940 1943   Maj. (GSC) Kálmán Szábo
  1944 1945   Maj. (GSC) Károly Demjén
Section 17/b (Manufacture of War Material)
(Also assigned to the Ministry of Industry as Group XVII/B)
   Chief:
  1939 1943   Col. (ESC) Gyula Kézay
  1944 1945   Col. (ESC) Béla Marcell
Section 17/c (Procurement of Raw Materials)
(Also assigned to the Ministry of Industry as Group XVII/C)
   Chief:
    1944   Col. (ESC) Sándor Székely
Section 17/r (Aviation Industry)
(Also assigned to the Ministry of Industry as Group XVII/R)
   Chief:
  1944 1944   Col. (ESC) Emil Barkász
  1944 1945   Lt.Col. (ESC) Brunó Hámory
BUREAU OF MILITARY LABOR FORCES
(Established 1.11.43 )
   Chief of Bureau and Chief of the Military Labor Corps:
  01.01.43 30.08.44   Maj.Gen. Gusztáv Hennyey
   Inspector of the Military Labor Force:
    01.12.42   Brig. Gen. Jenö Röder
   Inspector of the Field Labor Force:
          Brig. Gen. Béla Tanitó
   Inspector of the Border Defenses:
          Col. (ESC) Torfil Hárosy
   Chief of the Construction Corps of the Air Force:
          Col. Elemér Póhly
XI. Group
(Military Labor Force - Military Sector)

(As of 1.11.43 under the Bureau of Military labor Forces)
   Group Chief and National Inspector of the Military Labor Forces:
  1939 1940   Brig. Gen. Dr.Dániel Fábry
  1940 1940   Col. László Stemmer
  1941 1944   Brig. Gen. Ernö Horny
Section 41 (Administration and Liaison)
   Chief:
  1941 1944   Col. (GSC) Sándor Vályi
Section 42 (Organization and Training)
   Chief:
    1944   Col. Gusztáv Hibbey
Section 43 (Operations)
   Chief:
    1944   Col. (Ret.) Egen Gátföldy
Section 44 (Purchasing and Budget)
   Chief:
    1944   Col. János Heinrich
Group XII
(Miltary Labor Force - Civilian Sector)
   Group Chief and National Inspector of the Military Labor Forces:
  1943 1945   Brig. Gen. Dr. Lajos Fábián
Section 45 (Work Force Mobilization and Air Defense)
   Chief:
    1945   Col. (Ret.) Ernö Acs
Section 46 (Women's Work Corps)
   Chief and State Inspector:
  1939 1943   Brig. Gen. Dénes Sturm
  1943 1945   Col. Dénes Marton
BUREAU and NATIONAL LEADER OF PRE-MILITARY TRAINING
   National Leader:
    1943   Lt.Gen. Alajos Béldy
  1943 1944   Cpt. (GSC) András Bak
  1944 1945   not filled
   Secretary:
  1934 1945   Ministerialsekretär Dr. Imre Rajczi
Group VIII
(Commander of the Levente)

(Constituted on 11.08.41)
   Group Chief and National Commander of the Levente:
  1942 1944   Brig. Gen. István Kudriczy
  1942 1944   Brig. Gen. Ulászlo Solymossy
Section 40/e (Organization)
   Chief:
    1942   Col. (GSC) István Kudriczy
  1942 1943   Lt.Col. (GSC) László Lovass
  1943 1944   Lt.Col. (GSC) Tibor Szurmay
Section 40/k (Training, etc.)
   Chief:
  1942 1943   Col. (GSC) János Pálossy
  1944 1945   Lt.Col. (GSC) György Balassa
National Headquarters of the Levente
  1940 1944   Col. József Benker
Section 13 (Judge Advocate General)
   Chief and Judge Advocate General
  1939 1942   Maj.Gen. Dr. Arpád Ambrózy
  1942 1944   Brig. Gen. Dr. Mihály Cseh
  1944 1945   Brig. Gen. Dr. Levente-Littomericzky
* * *
Group VII
(Civilian Affairs)

(until 1941: Civil-Group)
   Political Secretary and Group Chief:
  1938 1940   Political Secretary Dr. János Pruzsinskzky
  1941 1945   Political Secretary Dr. Lajos Szentgyörgyi
   Deputy:
    1942   Deputy Political Secretary Dr. László Bernáth
  1943 1945   Deputy Political Secretary Dr. Béla Nagy
Civilian Section
   Chief:
  1940 1942   Councillor Dr. Barna Nagy
  1943 1945   Councillor Dr. Alajos Pantz
Section 14 (Contracts and Patents)
   Chief:
  1940 1942   Councillor Dr. Arpád Rényi
  1943 1945   Councillor Dr. József Sárkány
Section 15 (Legislation and Agreements)
   Chief:
  1939 1940   Director Dr. Szentgyörgyi
  1941 1942   Councillor Dr. László Bernáth
  1943 1945   Councillor Dr. Zoltán Pláner
Section 16 (Citezenship and Passports)
   Chief:
  1940 1944   Councillor István Sándor
Section 18 (Conscription Board)
   Chief:
    1942   Councillor Dr. József Sárkány
  1943 1945   Councillor Sándor Havassy-Bayer
* * *
Military Auditor Office
   Chief:
  1942 1945   Brig. Gen. Géza Horváth
* * *
Honvéd Welfare Fund
   Chief:
  1938 1941   Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Jenö Deczky-Marsik
  1942 1945   Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Géza Kerner
* * *
The Royal Hungarian Topographical Institute
   Commander:
  1938 1945   Maj.Gen. Endre Somogyi
* * *
The Royal Hungarian Military Archives
   Commander:
  1939 1943   Brig. Gen. Béla Lukács
  1943 1944   Brig. Gen. Mihály Cseke
  1944 1945   Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Ferenc Farkas
* * *
The Royal Hungarian Army Museum
   Director:
  1943 1944   Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Aron Nagy von Szotyor
* * *
 

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