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Royal Hungarian Honvéd
Second Army / Hungarian Occupation Forces Command
Headquarters:
   Budapest
Lineage:
   Constituted:    01.03.1940    as the Second Army
   Activated: 10.04.1942  
  09.02.1943    Relieved of command of combat units.
  17.02.1943    Placed in charge of all Hungarian occupation forces on the East Front.
   Redesignated: 01.05.1943    On East Front as Hungarian Occupation Forces Command (H.O.F.C.)
   Redesignated: 15.08.1943    On East Front as Second Army
   Disbanded: 07.04.1944    [After being relieved by Hungarian Occupation Group on 1.04.1944.
   The Headquarters Staff was transported back to Hungary and used for other purposes]
   Reconstituted:    23.08.1944    From IX Corps
   Discontinued: 13.11.1944    [Becomes Headquarters of the Inspector General of Honvéd Forces in Germany]
Commanding Officers:
   01.03.1940–10.08.1943    LTG Gustáv Jány
   10.08.1943–01.04.1944    LTG Géza Lakatos
   [00.05.1944–23.08.1944]    – inactive; position not filled –
   23.08.1944–16.10.1944    LTG Lajos Veress von Dalnoki
   16.10.1944–13.11.1944    LTG Jenö Major
Attachments:  
   01.03.1940–10.04.1942    VKF (Inactive, Peace Time Garrisons)
   10.04.1942–22.06.1942    Heeresgruppe Süd
   22.06.1942–09.07.1942    Armeegruppe von Weichs (=2. Armee + Second Army), Heeresgruppe Süd
   10.07.1942–12.02.1943    Heeresgruppe B
   12.02.1943–01.05.1943    Heeresgruppe Süd
   01.05.1943–15.08.1943    (as H.O.F.C.), Heeresgruppe Süd
   15.08.1943–01.04.1944    Heeresgruppe Süd
   01.04.1944–05.04.1944    Transport back to Hungary
   [00.05.1944–23.08.1944]    – inactive –
   28.08.1944–30.08.1944    VKF (Inactive, Peace Time Garrisons)
   30.08.1944–17.09.1944    Heeresgruppe Südukraine
   17.09.1944–22.09.1944    Armeegruppe Fretter-Pico (= 6. Armee + Second Army), Heeresgruppe Südukraine
   23.09.1944–28.09.1944    Armeegruppe Fretter-Pico (= 6. Armee + Second Army), Heeresgruppe Süd
   03.10.1944–18.10.1944    Armeegruppe Wöhler (= 8. Armee + Second Army), Heeresgruppe Süd
   23.10.1944–13.11.1944    Heeresgruppe Süd
   13.11.1944–17.11.1944    VKF (being deactivated)
Organization:
   11.05.1942 III Corps: 6th Lt. Div., 7th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div.
   08.06.1942 III Corps: 6th Lt. Div., 7th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div., 16. Inf. Div. (mot), 387. Inf. Div.
   04.07.1942 III Corps: 7th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div.
VII. Armeekorps: 6th Lt. Div., 387. Inf. Div.
III Corps: 6th Lt. Div., 7th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div.
IV Corps: 10th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div., 13th Lt. Div.
VII Corps: 19th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div.
Reserve: 20th Lt. Div.
   20.09.1942 III Corps: 6th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div.
IV Corps: 10th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div.
VII Corps: 19th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div.
XXIV. Panzerkorps: 7th Lt. Div., 13th Lt. Div., 20th Lt. Div., 168. Inf. Div., 336. Inf. Div.
Reserve: 1st Pz. Div.
   08.10.1942 III Corps: 6th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div.
IV Corps: 10th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div.
VII Corps: 19th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div.
XXIV. Panzerkorps: 7th Lt. Div., 13th Lt. Div., 20th Lt. Div., 168. Inf. Div., 336. Inf. Div.
Reserve: 1st Armd. Div.
   05.11.1942 III Corps: 6th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div.
IV Corps: 10th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div.
VII Corps: 19th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div.
XXIV. Panzerkorps: 7th Lt. Div., 13th Lt. Div., 20th Lt. Div., 168. Inf. Div., 336. Inf. Div.
Reserve: 1st Armd. Div.
   01.12.1942 III Corps: 6th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div.
IV Corps: 10th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div.
VII Corps: 19th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div.
XXIV. Panzerkorps: 7th Lt. Div., 13th Lt. Div., 20th Lt. Div., 168. Inf. Div.
Reserve: 1st Armd. Div., 27. Pz. Div., 385. Inf. Div., 387. Inf. Div.
   01.01.1943 III Corps: 6th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div.
IV Corps: 7th Lt. Div., 10th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div., 13th Lt. Div., 20th Lt. Div.
VII Corps: 19th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div.
Reserve: 1st Armd. Div., 168. Inf. Div., 700. Pz. Verb.
   03.02.1943 IV Corps: 20th Lt. Div. (Remnants)
VII Corps: 19th Lt. Div. (Remnants)
Korps Cramer: 10th Lt. Div. (Remnants), 13th Lt. Div. (Remnants), 1st Armd. Div. (Remnants)
Reserve: 7th Lt. Div. (Remnants), 12th Lt. Div. (Remnants)
   04.03.1943 H.O.G. East: 1st Lt. Div., 105th Lt. Div., 6th Lt. Div., 7th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
H.O.G. West: 19th Lt. Div., 121th Lt. Div., 124th Lt. Div.
   09.04.1943 H.O.G. East: 1st Lt. Div., 105th Lt. Div., 6th Lt. Div., 7th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
H.O.G. West: 19th Lt. Div., 121th Lt. Div., 124. Lt. Div.
   01.05.1943 H.O.G. East: 105th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
H.O.G. West: 18th Lt. Div., 19th Lt. Div., 121th Lt. Div., 124th Lt. Div., 25th Lt. Div.
   15.08.1943 VII Corps: 18th Lt. Div., 19th Lt. Div., 21st Lt. Div., 24th Lt. Div., 25th Lt. Div.
VIII Corps: 1st Lt. Div., 105th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
   05.09.1943 VII Corps: 18th Lt. Div., 19th Lt. Div., 21st Lt. Div., 24th Lt. Div., 25th Lt. Div.
VIII Corps: 1st Lt. Div., 5th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
   04.10.1943 VII Corps: 18th Lt. Div., 19th Lt. Div., 21st Lt. Div., 24th Lt. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
VIII Corps: 1st Lt. Div., 5th Lt. Div., 9th Lt. Div., 12th Lt. Div., 23rd Lt. Div.
   08.11.1943 VII Corps: 21st Res. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
VIII Corps: 1st Res. Div., 5th Res. Div., 9th Res. Div., 12th Res. Div., 23rd Res. Div.
   03.12.1943 VII Corps: 21st Res. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
VIII Corps: 1st Res. Div., 5th Res. Div., 9th Res. Div., 12th Res. Div., 23rd Res. Div.
   15.01.1944 VII Corps: 18th Res. Div., 19th Res. Div., 21st Res. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
VIII Corps: 1st Res. Div., 5th Res. Div., 9th Res. Div., 12th Res. Div., 23rd Res. Div.
   15.02.1944 VII Corps: 18th Res. Div., 19th Res. Div., 21st Res. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
VIII Corps: 1st Res. Div., 5th Res. Div., 9th Res. Div., 12th Res. Div., 23rd Res. Div.
   15.03.1944 VII Corps: 18th Res. Div., 19th Res. Div., 21st Res. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
VIII Corps: 1st Res. Div., 5th Res. Div., 9th Res. Div., 12th Res. Div., 23rd Res. Div.
   02.08.1944 II Corps: 2nd Armd. Div., 7th Fld. Repl. Div., 9th Fld. Repl. Div., 25th Inf. Div.
IX Corps: in Reserve without attachments
Reserve: 6. Fld. Repl. Div., 8th Fld. Repl. Div., 1st Mtn. Fld. Repl. Brig., 2. Mtn. Fld. Repl. Brig., 1st Cav. Fld. Repl. Brig.
   13.10.1944 II Corps: 25th Inf. Div., 2nd Armd. Div., 15. Inf. Div.
Finta Group: 7th Fld. Repl. Div., 1st Mtn. Fld. Repl. Brig., 2. Mtn. Fld. Repl. Brig.
Reserve: 9th Fld. Repl. Div.
   05.11.1944 IV Corps: 31. SS-Div., 1st River Brig.
VII Corps: 10th Inf. Div., 23rd Res. Div.
 
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