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Royal Hungarian Honvéd
8th Border Guard Brigade
Headquarters:
   Sátöraljaujhély (VIII Corps);
   later Munkács (VIII Corps)
Lineage:
   Constituted:       23.01.1939    as 8th Border Guard Brigade
   Activated:    06.06.1941     
   Deactivated:    01.12.1941     
   Discontinued:    10.08.1943    Redesignated as 2nd Mountain Brigade
Commanding Officers:
   23.01.1939–01.02.1941    BG Endre Szücs
   01.02.1941–01.08.1941    BG György Rakovszky
   01.08.1941–00.10.1942    BG Ferenc Farkas
   00.10.1942–10.08.1943    BG Géza Fehér
Administrative Subordination:
   23.01.1939–01.03.1940    HM (peace time garrisons)
   01.03.1940–06.06.1941    VKF (peace time garrisons)
   06.06.1941–09.07.1941    Carpathian Army Group
   09.07.1941–01.12.1941    VIII Corps
   01.12.1941–10.08.1943    VKF (peace time garrisons)
Tactical Subordination:
   09.07.1941–01.12.1941    Bef. HG Süd, Heeresgruppe Süd
 
Peace Time Organization until 1943:
   8th Border Guard Brigade Headquarters
   10th Mountain Border Guard Battalion
   11th Mountain Border Guard Battalion
   12th Mountain Border Guard Battalion
   13th Mountain Border Guard Battalion
   25th Mountain Border Guard Battalion
   8th Border Gd. Anti-Aircraft Company (mot)
   8th Mountain Combat Engineer Company
   8th Mountain Signal Company
 
   (Munkács)
   (Ökörmezö)
   (Fenyvesvölgy)
   (Borsa)
   (Ráho)
   (Vezérszállás)
   (Szolyna)
   (Munkács)
   (Munkács)
 
Border Defense Units:
   63rd Border Police Battalion
     • 2/2 Border Police Company (3 Patrols)
     • 3 Border Police Company (6 Patrols)
     • 1/ 10 Border Police Company (4 Patrols)
     • 2/2 Fortress Company
     • 1/3 Fortress Company
     • 1/10 Fortress Company

   64th Border Police Battalion
     • 2/10 Border Police Company (3 Patrols)
     • 25 Border Police Company (7 Patrols)
     • 2/10 Fortress Company
     • 3/10 Fortress Company
     • 1/25 Fortress Company
     • 2/25 Fortress Company

   65th Border Police Battalion
     • 11 Border Police Company (5 Patrols)
     • 1/26 Border Police Company (8 Patrols)
     • 2/26 Border Police Company (5 Patrols)
     • 1/26 Fortress Company
     • 1/11 Fortress Company
   (Ráhó)
   (Felsövisó)
   (Körösmezö)
   (Királymezö)
   (Felsövisó)
   (Körösmezö)
   (Királymezö)

   (Szolyva)
   (Ökörmezö)
   (Vezerszallás)
   (Tovcska)
   (Vizköz)
   (Volóc)
   (Vezerszallás)

   (Nagyberezna)
   (Fenyvesvölgy)
   (Utcas )
   (Szobránc)
   (Nagyberezra)
   (Malomrét)
 
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