14th Infantry Brigade (Hungary)
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Organization

''April 1941'' 14th Infantry Brigade (Szeged): * 9. Infantry Regiment (Szeged): Colonel Laszlo Deak I. Battalion (Szeged); II. Battalion (Csongrád); III. Battalion (Hódmezővásárhely) * 14. Field Artillery Division (Szeged): Colonel Frederick Miklay The 14. Infantry Brigade redesignated 14. Light Division 17 February 1942.


Commanders

14th Infantry Brigade () * Brigadier General Antal Silley (23 Jan 1939 - 1 Aug 1939) * Brigadier General Marcell Stomm (1 Aug 1939 - 17 Feb 1942) 14th Light Division () * Brigadier General Marcell Stomm (17 Feb 1942 - ? Oct 1942) * Brigadier General Zontán Kozma (? Oct 1942 - 10 Aug 1943)


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References

* Military units and formations of Hungary in World War II {{Hungary-mil-unit-stub