The 15th Infantry Brigade was a
formation
Formation may refer to:
Linguistics
* Back-formation, the process of creating a new lexeme by removing or affixes
* Word formation, the creation of a new word by adding affixes
Mathematics and science
* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondary ...
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
Axis
An axis (: axes) may refer to:
Mathematics
*A specific line (often a directed line) that plays an important role in some contexts. In particular:
** Coordinate axis of a coordinate system
*** ''x''-axis, ''y''-axis, ''z''-axis, common names ...
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 ...
.
The 15th Infantry Brigade was redesignated 15th Light Division 17 February 1942.
Organization
''April 1941''
15th Infantry Brigade (Kiskunhalas):
* 20. Infantry Regiment (Kiskunhalas): Brigadier General Alajos Lemberkovits
I. Battalion (Kiskunhalas); II. Battalion (Kalocsa); III. Battalion (Baja)
* 15. Field Artillery Division (Kiskunhalas): Lieutenant Colonel Tamas Szirmay
Commanders
15th Infantry Brigade ()
* Brigadier General Lajos Veress (23 Jan 1939 - 1 Mar 1940)
* Brigadier General Alajos Lemberkovits (1 Mar 1940 - 1 Aug 1941)
* Colonel József Grassy (1 Aug 1941 - 17 Feb 1942)
15th Light Division ()
* Colonel
József Grassy
József Grassy (31 December 1894 – 5 November 1946) was a Hungarian military officer in the Royal Hungarian Army who, in the Second World War, commanded Hungarian divisions as an SS-''Gruppenführer'' and ''Generalleutnant'' of the Waffen-SS. ...
(17 Feb 1942 - 1 Apr 1942)
* Major General Pál Platthy (1 Apr 1942 - 1 Aug 1943)
* Brigadier General József Vasváry (1 Aug 1943 - 10 Aug 1943)
Notes
References
*
Military units and formations of Hungary in World War II
{{Hungary-mil-unit-stub