15th Infantry Brigade (Hungary) explained

Unit Name:	15th Infantry Brigade
Dates:	1939–43
Branch:	Royal Hungarian Army
Type:	Infantry
Command Structure:	V Corps
Disbanded:	August 1943
Native Name:	hu|15. gyalogdosztály

The 15th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.

The 15th Infantry Brigade was redesignated 15th Light Division 17 February 1942.^[1]

Organization

April 1941^[2]

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 (hu|'''15. gyalogdosztály''')

• 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 (hu|'''15. könnyűhadosztály''')^[3]

• Colonel József Grassy (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)

References

• Web site: Balkan Operations Orders of Battle 5th April 1941 . 24 April 2014 . Dr. Leo Niehorster . 2013 . Niehorster . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140424064037/http://www.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/ww2/drleo/500_eto/_41-04_balkans.htm . 24 April 2014 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 15. Infantry Brigade (Hungary) . 2022-11-04 . www.axishistory.com.
2. Web site: A Magyar Királyi Honvédség hadrendje 1941. április elején Magyarok a II. világháborúban Kézikönyvtár . 2022-11-03 . www.arcanum.com . hu.
3. Web site: 15. Light Division (Hungary) . 2022-11-04 . www.axishistory.com.