14th Infantry Brigade (Hungary)

Military unit

The 14th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.^[1]

Organization

April 1941^[2]

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.^[3]

Commanders

14th Infantry Brigade (Hungarian: 14. gyalogdosztály)^[3]

• Brigadier General Antal Silley (23 Jan 1939 - 1 Aug 1939)
• Brigadier General Marcell Stomm (1 Aug 1939 - 17 Feb 1942)

14th Light Division (Hungarian: 14. könnyűhadosztály)^[4]

• Brigadier General Marcell Stomm (17 Feb 1942 - ? Oct 1942)
• Brigadier General Zontán Kozma (? Oct 1942 - 10 Aug 1943)

Notes

1. Thomas & Szabo 2008, p. 14.
2. "A Magyar Királyi Honvédség hadrendje 1941. április elején | Magyarok a II. világháborúban | Kézikönyvtár". www.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-11-03.
3. "14. Infantry Brigade (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
4. "14. Light Division (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

References

• Thomas, Nigel; Szabo, Laszlo (2008). The Royal Hungarian Army in World War II. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-324-7.