6th Infantry Brigade

Headquarters:
Komárom (II Corps)

Lineage:
Constituted:	23.01.1939	as 6th Infantry Brigade. [New unit]
Redesignated:	17.02.1942	as 6th Light Division
Activated:	24.03.1942
Inactivated:	00.06.1943
Redesignated:	10.08.1943	as 6th Infantry Division
Activated:	18.05.1944
Discontinued:	09.12.1944	Dissolved [1]

Commanding Officers:
23.01.1939–26.05.1942	BG Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner
01.03.1940–24.12.1940	BG Alfréd Bántay
24.12.1940–01.08.1941	BG Imre Németh
01.08.1941–27.01.1942	COL Gyula Pajtás
00.02.1942–00.08.1942	COL János Gödry
00.08.1942–20.08.1942	BG László Szabó
20.08.1942–15.11.1942	BG Dr. Béla Temesy
15.09.1942–07.03.1944	BG Oszkár Ginszkey
00.03.1944–00.07.1944	BG Ferenc Horváth
00.07.1944–09.12.1944	BG László Karátsony

Administrative Subordination:
23.01.1939–01.03.1940	HM (peace time garrisons)
01.03.1940–24.03.1942	VKF (peace time garrisons)
24.03.1942–11.05.1942	III Corps
11.05.1942–25.05.1942	III Corps, Second Army
25.05.1942–08.06.1942	Reserves, Second Army
08.06.1942–18.06.1942	III Corps, Second Army
18.06.1942–09.07.1942	VII Corps, Second Army
09.07.1942–11.02.1942	III Corps, Second Army
11.02.1943–04.03.1943	(Remnants) Reserves, Second Army
04.03.1943–01.05.1943	(Remnants) H.O.G. East, Second Army
00.05.1943–00.06.1943	Returned to Hungary
00.06.1943–18.05.1944	VKF (peace time garrisons)
18.05.1944–23.06.1944	Being activated, 3rd Military District
23.06.1944–13.07.1944	Being activated, 4th Military District
13.07.1944–01.08.1944	4th Military District
01.08.1944–16.08.1944	En-route to First Army
16.08.1944–17.11.1944	III Corps, First Army
17.11.1944–09.12.1944	Being dissolved
Tactical Subordination:
24.03.1942–11.05.1942	Reserven, Heeresgruppe Süd
31.08.1944–16.09.1944	XI. Armeekorps, 1. Panzerarmee
16.09.1944–28.10.1944	XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps, Armeegruppe Heinrici

Peace Time Organization to 1943:
6th Brigade / Light Division Headquarters Infantry Commander Artillery Commander 22nd Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./22nd Infantry Regiment • II./22nd Infantry Regiment • III./22nd Infantry Regiment 52nd Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) I./6th Artillery Regiment II./6th Artillery Regiment 6th Cavalry Company 6th Anti-Aircraft Company 6th Signal Company 6th Divisional Service Headquarters	(Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Léva) (Mobilization Unit) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom)
Mobilized Combat Organization 24.03.1942:
6th Light Division Headquarters Artillery Commander Headquarters 22nd Infantry Regiment with II./22, III./22, III./52 Headquarters 52nd Infantry Regiment with III./3, I./46, II./46 I./6th and II./6th Artillery Battalions 6th Cavalry Company 6th Anti-Aircraft Company 6th Signal Company 6th Divisional Service Headquarters
Peace Time Organization from 1943:
6th Infantry Division Headquarters Infantry Commander Artillery Commander 3rd Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./3rd Infantry Regiment • II./3rd Infantry Regiment • III./3rd Infantry Regiment 16th Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./16th Infantry Regiment • II./16th Infantry Regiment • III./16th Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./22nd Infantry Regiment • II./22nd Infantry Regiment • III./22nd Infantry Regiment 4th Artillery Battalion 5th Artillery Battalion 6th Artillery Battalion 6th Reconnaissance Battalion	(Komárom) (Györ) (Komárom) (Székesférvár) (Székesférvár) (Táta) (Székesférvár) (Györ) (Györ) (Somorja) (Magyarvárvár) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Komárom) (Léva) (Székesférvár) (Györ) (Komárom) (Érsekujvár)
Mobilized Combat Organization 13.07.1944:
6th Infantry Division Headquarters Infantry Commander Artillery Commander 3rd Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 16th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 22nd Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 4th Artillery Battalion 5th Artillery Battalion 6th Artillery Battalion 72nd Artillery Battalion 6th Reconnaissance Battalion 6th Anti-Aircraft Company 52th Combat Engineer Battalion 6th Signal Battalion 6th Divisional Service Headquarters

NOTES:

[1] The 6th Infantry Division was dissolved after transferring its remnants to the 16th Infantry Division towards the end of November 1944.