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Royal Hungarian Honvéd
1st – 27th Active Infantry Regiments
 
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1st Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Aszód
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 1st Infantry Brigade redesignated 1st Light Division.
01.10.42 Regiment 1st Light Division dissolved - Regiment becomes independent.
01.03.43 Regiment Assigned to 25th Infantry Division.
00.04.45 Regiment Surrenders to Yugoslav partisans towards end of April 1945.
 
2nd Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Piliscaba
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 2nd Infantry Brigade redesignated 2nd Light Division.
01.10.42 Regiment Dissolved.
 
3rd Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár
Tata
Székesfehérvár
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 4th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 4th Infantry Brigade redesignated 4th Light Division.
11.05.42 III. Sent to East Front with 6th Light Division. (2nd Army)
14.10.42 Hqs, I., II. Sent to East Front as reinforcements for 2nd Army
00.05.42 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary with 6th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 6th Infantry Division.
00.11.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
4th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Sopron
Sopron
Sopron
Veszprém
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 7th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 7th Infantry Brigade redesignated 7th Light Division.
11.04.42 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 7th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary with 7th Light Division.
10.08.42 Regiment 7th Light Division redesignated 7th Infantry Division.
26.08.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
5th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Szombathely
Szombathely
Körmend
Köszeg
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 8th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 8th Infantry Brigade redesignated 8th Light Division.
14.10.42 III. Sent to East Front as reinforcements for 2nd Army
01.04.43 III. Remnants returned to Hungary
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 7th Infantry Division.
26.08.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
6th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Kaposvár
Kaposvár
Kaposvár
Nagytád
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 10th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 10th Infantry Brigade redesignated 10th Light Division.
30.05.42 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 10th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary with 10th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment 10th Light Division redesignated 10th Infantry Division.
12.02.45 Regiment Destroyed in Budapest.
 
7th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Kecskemét
Kecskemét
Cegléd
Kiskunfélegyháza
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 13th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 13th Infantry Brigade redesignated 13th Light Division.
30.05.42 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 13th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary with 13th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment 13th Light Division redesignated 13th Infantry Division.
27.11.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
8th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Pécs
Pécs
Pellmonoster
Pécs
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 11th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 11th Infantry Brigade redesignated 11th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 10th Infantry Division.
12.02.45 Regiment Destroyed in Budapest.
 
9th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Szeged
Szeged
Szabadka
Hódmezövársarhely
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 14th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 14th Infantry Brigade redesignated 14th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 13th Infantry Division.
27.11.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
10th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Szolnok
Szolnok
Berettyóujfalu
Kareag
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 16th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 16th Infantry Brigade redesignated 16th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment 16th Light Division redesignated 16th Infantry Division.
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to Soviet forces at Olmütz, Czechoslovakia
 
11th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Debrecen
Debrecen
Debrecen
Debrecen
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 17th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 17th Infantry Brigade redesignated 17th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 16th Infantry Division.
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to Soviet forces at Olmütz, Czechoslovakia
 
12th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Nyiregyhása
Nyiregyhása
Nyiregyhása
Nyirbátor
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 22nd Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 22nd Infantry Brigade redesignated 22nd Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 24th Infantry Division.
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to Soviet forces in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
 
13th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Miskolc
Rozsnyó
Miskolc
Tornalja
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 19th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 19th Infantry Brigade redesignated 19th Light Division.
19.06.42 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 20th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary with 20th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 20th Infantry Division.
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to British forces in Austria and Croatia
 
14th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Eger
Eger
Eger
Gyöngyös
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 20th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 20th Infantry Brigade redesignated 20th Light Division.
19.06.42 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 19th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Regiment Returned to Hungary, rejoins 20th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment 20th Light Division redesignated as 20th Infantry Division
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to British forces in Austria and Croatia
 
15th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Vác
Vác
Balassygyarmat
Ipolyság
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade.
01.11.41 Regiment Dissolved.
 
16th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Györ
Györ
Somorja
Magyaróvár
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 5th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 5th Infantry Brigade redesignated 5th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 6th Infantry Division.
09.12.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
17th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Nagykanizsa
Nagykanizsa
Nagykanizsa
Nagykanizsa
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 9th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 9th Infantry Brigade redesignated 9th Light Division.
11.04.42 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 7th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary with 7th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 7th Infantry Division.
26.08.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
18th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Szekszárd
Szekszárd
Sárbogárd
Tolna
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 12th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 12th Infantry Brigade redesignated 12th Light Division.
30.05.42 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 12th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary with 12th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 10th Infantry Division.
12.02.45 Regiment Destroyed in Budapest.
 
19th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Békéscsaba
Békéscsaba
Mezötur
Orosháza
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 18th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 18th Infantry Brigade redesignated 18th Light Division.
29.04.43 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 18th Light Division. (HOF)
10.08.43 Regiment Reassigned organizationally to the 16th Infantry Division in Hungary, although the regiment was still physically on the East Front with 18th Light Division until January 1944.
26.01.44 II. Returns to Hungary
30.01.44 Hqs, I., III. Return to Hungary
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to Soviet forces at Olmütz, Czechoslovakia
 
20th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Zombor
Ujvidék
Kolocsa
Zombor
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 15th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 15th Infantry Brigade redesignated 15th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 13th Infantry Division.
27.11.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
21st Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Kassa
Kassa
Kassa
Szerencs
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 23rd Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 23rd Infantry Brigade redesignated 23rd Light Division.
19.06.42 Hqs & III. Sent to the East Front with 7th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Hqs & III. Remnants returned to Hungary with 7th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 24th Infantry Division.
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to Soviet forces in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.
 
22nd Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Komárom
Komárom
Komárom
Léva
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 6th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 6th Infantry Brigade redesignated 6th Light Division.
11.04.42 II. & III. Sent to the East Front with 6th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 II. & III. Remnants returned to Hungary with 6th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment 6th Light Division redesignated as 6th Infantry Division
09.12.44 Regiment Dissolved.
 
23rd Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Losonc
Losonc
Balassagyarmat
Salgótarján
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 21st Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 21st Infantry Brigade redesignated 21st Light Division.
19.06.42 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 20th Light Division. (2nd Army)
00.05.43 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary with 20th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 20th Infantry Division.
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to British forces in Austria and Croatia
 
24th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Ungvár
Ungvár
Huszt
Munkács
23.01.39 Regiment Raised and assigned to 24th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 24th Infantry Brigade redesignated 24th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment 24th Light Division redesignated as 24th Infantry Division
00.05.45 Regiment Surrendered to Soviet forces in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.
 
25th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Nagyvárad
Nagyvárad
Zilah
Nagykároly
15.09.40 Regiment Raised and assigned to 25th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 25th Infantry Brigade redesignated 25th Light Division.
26.04.43 Regiment Sent to the East Front with 25th Light Division. (HOF)
10.08.43 Regiment The 25th Light Division on the East Front is renumbered as 19th Reserve Division, (whereas the 25th Infantry Division was activated in Hungary on this same date). Although now assigned organizationally to the 25th Infantry Division, the regiment physically stays on the East Front with 19th Division until January 1944.
07.01.44 I. Returns to Hungary
17.01.44 III. Returns to Hungary
20.01.44 Hqs., II. Return to Hungary
00.04.45 Regiment Surrenders to Yugoslav partisans towards end of April 1945.
 
26th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Kolozsvár
Kolozsvár
Dés
Beszterce
15.09.40 Regiment Raised and assigned to 26th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 26th Infantry Brigade redesignated 26th Light Division.
10.08.43 Regiment Assigned to 25th Infantry Division.
00.04.45 Regiment Surrenders to Yugoslav partisans towards end of April 1945.
 
27th Infantry Regiment (Active)
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Marosvásárhely
Sepsiszentgyörgy
Székelyundvarhely
Marosvásárhely
15.09.40 Regiment Raised and assigned to 27th Infantry Brigade.
17.02.42 Regiment 27th Infantry Brigade redesignated 27th Light Division.
00.05.45 Regiment Surrenders to Soviet Forces near Vienna, Austria.