The 11th Infantry Brigade was a
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of the
Royal Hungarian Army
The Royal Hungarian Army (, ) was the name given to the land forces of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary in the period from 1922 to 1945. Its name was inherited from the Royal Hungarian Honvéd which went under the same Hu ...
that participated in the
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invasion of Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, was a Nazi Germany, German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was put fo ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.
Invasion of Yugoslavia
The 11th Infantry Brigade, in particular, attacked
Baranya and occupied it by 11 April, while the rest of the
Third Army occupied
Bacska by 14 April.
Organisation
Commanders
11th Infantry Brigade ()
*Brigadier General Kálmán Péchy (23 Jan 1939 - 1 Feb 1939)
*Brigadier General János Dömötor (1 Feb 1939 - 1 Feb 1942)
*Brigadier General Zoltán Álgya-Pap (1 Feb 1942 - 17 Feb 1942)
11th Light Division ()
*Brigadier General Zoltán Álgya-Pap (17 Feb 1942 - 15 Oct 1942)
*Brigadier General György Sziklay (15 Oct 1942 - 1 Nov 1942)
*Brigadier General Kálmán Csiby (15 Nov 1942 - 1 June 1943)
*Brigadier General Dr. Béla Temesy (1 June 1943 - 10 Aug 1943)
Notes
References
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Military units and formations of Hungary in World War II
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