25th Infantry Brigade

Headquarters:
Nagyvárad (IX Corps)

Constituted:	15.09.1940	as 25th Infantry Brigade. [New]
Redesignated:	27.02.1942	as 25th Light Division
Activated:	11.04.1943
Disbanded:	10.08.1943	on the East Front [1]
Constituted:	10.08.1943	in Hungary as 25th Infantry Division [1]
Activated:	21.03.1944
Discontinued:	00.05.1945	Surrendered to Yugoslavian partisans towards the end of April 1945

Commanding Officers:
15.09.1940–15.08.1942	BG Béla Gothay
15.08.1942–10.08.1943	BG Imre Kálmán
10.08.1943–01.01.1944	BG Béla Zsombolyay
01.01.1944–01.07.1944	BG Mihály Ibrányi
01.07.1944–29.07.1944	BG István Kozma
29.07.1944–00.09.1944	BG Antal Benda
00.09.1944–10.10.1944	BG László Hollósy-Kuthy
00.10.1944–00.12.1944	Maj. Gen. Ferenc Horváth
00.12.1944–00.05.1945	COL Gyula Kalkó

Administrative Subordination:
15.09.1940–11.04.1943	VKF (peace time garrisons)
11.04.1943–01.05.1943	H.O.G. East, Second Army
01.05.1943–15.08.1943	VIII Corps, H.O.F.C.
15.08.1943–01.10.1943	VIII Corps, Second Army
01.10.1943–21.03.1944	VKF (peace time garrisons)
21.03.1944–15.04.1944	VI Corps, First Army
15.04.1944–24.07.1944	IX Corps, First Army
24.07.1944–15.08.1944	VI Corps, First Army
15.08.1944–01.09.1944	Reserves, First Army
01.09.1944–05.09.1944	en-route to Second Army
05.09.1944–18.10.1944	II Corps, Second Army
18.10.1944–23.10.1944	VII Corps, Second Army
23.10.1944–00.05.1945	II Corps, Third Army
Tactical Subordination:
11.04.1943–01.10.1943	WB Ukraine
15.05.1944–24.07.1944	XI. Armeekorps, Heeresgruppe Nordukraine
18.10.1944–23.10.1944	Reserven, Armeegruppe Wöhler
23.10.1944–07.11.1944	LXXII. Armeekorps, 6. Armee
07.11.1944–17.11.1944	IV. Panzerkorps, 6. Armee
05.02.1945–01.05.1945	III. Panzerkorps, 6. Armee

Peace Time Organization to 1943:
25th Brigade / Light Division Headquarters Artillery Commander 25th Infantry Regiment • I./25th Infantry Regiment • II./25th Infantry Regiment • III./25th Infantry Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) I./25th Artillery Regiment II./25th Artillery Regiment 25th Cavalry Company [2] 25th Anti-Aircraft Company 25th Signal Company 25th Divisional Service Headquarters	(Nagyvárad) (Nagyvárad) (Nagyvárad) (Nagyvárad) (Zilah) (Nagykároly) (Mobilization Unit) (Nagyvárad) (Nagyvárad) (Kolozsvár) (Nagyvárad) (Nagyvárad) (Nagyvárad)
Mobilized Combat Organization 11.04.1943:
25th Light Division Headquarters Artillery Commander 24th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 55th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) I./25th Artillery Regiment II./25th Artillery Regiment 25th Cavalry Company 25th Anti-Aircraft Company 25th Signal Company 25th Divisional Service Headquarters
Peace Time Organization from 1943:
25th Infantry Division Headquarters Infantry Commander Artillery Commander 1st Infantry Regiment • I./1st Infantry Regiment • II./1st Infantry Regiment • III./1st Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Regiment • I./25th Infantry Regiment • II./25th Infantry Regiment • III./25th Infantry Regiment 26th Infantry Regiment • I./26th Infantry Regiment • II./26th Infantry Regiment • III./26th Infantry Regiment 2nd Artillery Battalion 25th Artillery Battalion 26th Artillery Battalion 25th Reconnaissance Battalion	(Nagyvárad) (Dés) (Nagyvárad) (Budapest) (Budapest) (Budapest) (Aszód) (Nagyvárad) (Nagyvárad) (Zilah) (Nagykároly) (Kolozsvár) (Kolozsvár) (Dés) (Beszterce) (Budapest) (Nagyvárad) (Kolozsvár) (Kolozsvár)
Mobilized Combat Organization 21.03.1944:
25th Infantry Division Headquarters Infantry Commander Artillery Commander 1st Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 25th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 26th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 2nd Artillery Battalion 25th Artillery Battalion 26th Artillery Battalion IX Artillery Battalion 25th Reconnaissance Battalion 25th Anti-Aircraft Company 59th Combat Engineer Battalion 25th Signal Battalion 25th Divisional Service Headquarters

NOTES:

[1] The 25th Light Division was redesignated as the 19th Reserve Division on 10.08.1943 on the East Front. A new 25th Infantry Division was raised in Hungary on the same day.

[2] The 25th Cavalry Company only as of 01.10.1942.