World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

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Royal Hungarian Honvéd I Corps

Headquarters:    Budapest	1st Military District    Deputy Corps Commander      00.08.1940–00.02.1941    BG Arthur Horvay
Lineage:    Constituted:       01.02.1929    as 1st Military District    Redesignated:    01.10.1938    as I Corps, by amalgamating the 1st Mixed Brigade and 1st Military District    Activated:    07.04.1941    (Corps Headquarters only)    Inactivated:    17.04.1941    (Corps Headquarters only)    Mobilized:    00.08.1944    (Corps Headquarters only)    Discontinued:       12.02.1945    Lost in Budapest
Commanding Officers:    01.02.1929–01.07.1930    MG Odiló Schönner    01.07.1930–01.12.1935    MG Ernö Nánássy-Megay    01.12.1935–01.05.1936    MG András Czibur    01.05.1936–01.09.1936    BG Jenö Rátz    [01.09.1936–01.10.1936]    – position not filled –    01.10.1936–01.02.1939    MG Vilmos Nagy    01.02.1939–01.03.1940    MG Gusztáv Jány    01.03.1940–01.05.1941    MG Zoltán Decleva    01.05.1941–01.11.1942    MG Imre Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger    01.11.1942–01.11.1943    MG József Németh II    01.11.1943–01.08.1944    MG Béla Aggteleky    01.08.1944–08.10.1944    MG Szilárd Bakay    08.10.1944–15.10.1944    MG Béla Aggteleky    16.10.1944–12.02.1945    LTG Iván Hindy
Attachments:      01.02.1929–01.03.1940    HM (peace time garrison)    01.03.1940–07.04.1941    VKF (peace time garrison)    07.04.1941–17.04.1941    Third Army    17.04.1941–30.08.1944    VKF (peace time garrison)    30.08.1944–12.11.1944    Second Army (peace time garrison)    12.11.1944–19.03.1945    Third Army (Commandant of Budapest)
Peace Time Organization to 1943:    Corps Headquarters    Corps Troops: [1]    I Corps Artillery Command    I Heavy Artillery Battalion (mot)    I Artillery Observation Battery    I Anti-Aircraft Battalion (mot)    I Signal Battalion    I Combat Engineer Battalion    I Corps Motorized Supply Services Headquarters    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)   Peace Time Organization from 1943:    Corps Headquarters    Attached units:    I Corps Supply Services Headquarters    I Corps Motorized Supply Services Headquarters    I Engineer Command    I Signal Command    I Labor Forces Command    IX Labor Forces Command    I independent Heavy Artillery Battery (mot)    I independent Cavalry Battalion    I independent Combat Engineer Battalion    1st Infantry Regiment [2]    2nd Artillery Regiment [2]    "Budapest" independent Infantry Battalion    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest)    (Budapest) NOTES: [1] The I Corps Bicycle Battalion was not raised. [2] To be assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. There were no foreign countries bordering the I Corps area, and hence there were no Border units.