8th Infantry Brigade

Headquarters:
Szombathely (III Corps)

Lineage:
Constituted:	23.01.1939	as 8th Infantry Brigade. [From the 1/3 Infantry Commander, 3rd Mixed Brigade]
Activated:	30.09.1941	as a headquarters with a reduced-strength staff plus some service units for the occupation forces
Redesignated:	01.10.1941	as 108th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Redesignated:	17.02.1942	as 108th Light Division Headquarters
Redesignated:	17.02.1942	as 8th Light Division Headquarters
Disbanded:	01.06.1943	Division Headquarters Staff absorbed by the 9th Light Division in June 1943
Discontinued:	10.08.1943	Dissolved [1]

Commanding Officers:
23.01.1939–01.02.1941	BG Gyözö Weinmann
01.02.1941–00.01.1942	BG Otto Abt
00.01.1942–00.02.1942	BG László Stemmer
00.02.1942–00.11.1942	BG Otto Abt
09.11.1942–00.03.1943	BG István Makay
00.03.1943–00.06.1943	BG Kálmán Csiby
00.06.1943–10.08.1943	BG István Makay

Administrative Subordination:
01.10.1938–01.03.1940	HM (peace time garrisons)
01.03.1940–30.09.1941	VKF (peace time garrisons)
01.10.1941–09.02.1942	(Headquarters only) H.O.C.
09.02.1942–17.02.1943	(Headquarters only) H.O.G. West
17.02.1943–01.05.1943	(Headquarters only) H.O.G. West, Second Army
01.05.1943–10.08.1943	(Headquarters only) VII Corps, H.O.F.C.
Tactical Subordination:
01.10.1941–27.11.1941	Befh. HG Süd, Heeresgruppe Süd
27.11.1941–04.12.1941	WB Ukraine, RK Ukraine
04.12.1941–30.01.1942	Befh. HG Süd, Heeresgruppe Süd
30.01.1942–10.03.1942	Reserven, 6. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
10.03.1942–08.06.1942	VIII. Armeekorps, 6. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
08.06.1942–24.06.1942	Reserven, 6. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
24.06.1942–01.07.1942	Befh. HG Süd, Heeresgruppe Süd
02.07.1942–26.09.1942	Gruppe von Gilsa (= Stab 216. Inf.Div.), 2. Panzerarmee, Heeresgruppe Mitte
27.09.1942–01.05.1943	Korück 532, 2. Panzerarmee, Heeresgruppe Mitte
01.05.1943–29.07.1943	Befh. HG Mitte, Heeresgruppe Mitte

Peace Time Organization to 1943:
8th Brigade / Light Division Headquarters Artillery Commander 5th Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./5th Infantry Regiment • II./5th Infantry Regiment • III./5th Infantry Regiment 35th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) I./7th Artillery Regiment II./7th Artillery Regiment 8th Cavalry Company 8th Anti-Aircraft Company 8th Signal Company 8th Divisional Service Headquarters	(Szombathely) (Szombathely) (Szombathely) (Szombathely) (Körmend) (Körszeg) (Mobilization Unit) (Szombathely) (Szombathely) (Szombathely) (Szombathely) (Szombathely) (Szombathely)
Mobilized Combat Organization 03.02.1942:
108th Brigade Headquarters • Band Headquarters 34th Inf. Rgt. with II./34, III./35, III./47 Headquarters 38th Inf. Rgt. with II./36, III./38, II./48 8th Cavalry Company 2nd Light Antiaircraft Company 8th Signal Company Service Units: • 2./III Corps Bakery Company • 8th Rations Administration Detachment • ? Supply Column (15-ton) • ? Supply Column (36-ton) • 8th Medical Company • 8th Ambulance Column • 8th Veterinary Detachment • 8th Field Post Detachment

NOTES:

[1] The 8th Division was removed from the order of battle and dissolved in Hungary in August 1943.

A completely new 8th Infantry Division was supposed to be raised late 1944 in the 2. Panzerarmee sector, and equipped with captured weapons. It was to consist of the Bakony Regiment, a new regiment formed from two fortress battalions, as well as an artillery regiment. Events precluded this division from being completely formed, and the plan was subsequently dropped, the units being assigned to other formations.