Headquarters:
Losonc (VII Corps)
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| Lineage: |
| Constituted: |
23.01.1939 |
as 21st Infantry Brigade. [New] |
| Activated: |
01.09.1941 |
as a headquarters with a reduced-strength staff plus some service units for the occupation forces |
| Redesignated: |
01.10.1941 |
as 121st Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| Redesignated: |
17.02.1942 |
as 121st Light Division Headquarters |
| Disbanded: |
10.08.1943 |
Removed from the peace time order of battle. [1] |
| Discontinued: |
15.05.1944 |
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| Commanding Officers: |
| 23.01.1939–01.08.1941 |
BG Jenö Röder |
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| 01.08.1941–00.02.1942 |
BG Ferenc Tilger |
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| 00.02.1942–01.06.1943 |
BG Béla Tarnay |
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| 01.05.1943–10.08.1943 |
COL Géza Pusztakürthy |
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| 10.08.1943–00.00.1944 |
BG Géza Ehrlich |
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| 00.00.1944–00.03.1944 |
BG László Miskey |
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| [00.03.1944–15.05.1944] |
– position not filled – |
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| Administrative Subordination: |
| 23.01.1939–01.03.1940 |
HM (peace time garrisons) |
| 01.03.1940–01.09.1941 |
VKF (peace time garrisons) |
| 01.09.1941–09.02.1942 |
(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 |
| 01.05.1943–15.08.1943 |
(Headquarters only) VII Corps, H.O.F.C. |
| 15.08.1943–01.04.1944 |
(Headquarters only) VII Corps, Second Army |
| 01.04.1944–19.04.1944 |
(Headquarters only) VII Corps, First Army |
| 19.04.1944–15.05.1944 |
(Headquarters only) Reserves, First Army |
| Tactical Subordination: |
| 01.09.1941–08.10.1943 |
WB Ukraine |
| 08.10.1943–01.04.1944 |
Befh. Weissruthenien |
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| Peace Time Organization to 1943: |
21st Brigade / Light Division Division Headquarters
Artillery Commander
23rd Infantry Regiment
• I./23rd Infantry Regiment
• II./23rd Infantry Regiment
• III./23rd Infantry Regiment
53rd Infantry Regiment (I. – III.)
I./21st Artillery Regiment
II./21st Artillery Regiment
21st Cavalry Company
21st Anti-Aircraft Company
21st Signal Company
21st Divisional Service Headquarters
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(Losonc)
(Losonc)
(Losonc)
(Losonc)
(Balas sagyarmat)
(Salgótarján)
(Mobilization Unit)
(Losonc)
(Losonc)
(Rimas zombat)
(Losonc)
(Losonc)
(Losonc)
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| Mobilized Combat Organization 01.10.1941: |
121st Brigade Headquarters
Headquarters 41st Infantry Regiment with II./41, III./41, ...
Headquarters 44th Infantry Regiment with II./44, III./44, II./55
15th [?] Cavalry Company
22nd Anti-Aircraft Company
21st Signal Company
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| NOTES:
[1] The 21st Light Division had been removed from the official peace time order of battle on 01.10.1943.
However, the Headquarters, 21st Division remained in being with the occupation forces on the East
Front (owing the critical situation there), and was finally dissolved in May 1944.
Its remnants were transferred to the 18th Reserve Division.
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