József Heszlényi Explained

József Heszlényi
Birth Date:1890 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Igló, Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary (now Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia)
Death Place:Zwettl, Allied-occupied Austria
Placeofburial:German War Cemetery in Allentsteig, Lower Austria
Allegiance: (to 1918)
Kingdom of Hungary
Branch:Austro-Hungarian Army
Royal Hungarian Army
Serviceyears:1911–1945
Rank:Vezérezredes (Colonel General)
Commands:IV Corps
Third Army
Battles:World War I----World War II

József Vitéz Heszlényi (Heyszl; 24 July 1890 – 2 June 1945) was a Hungarian General during World War II and commander of the 3rd Hungarian Army.

He graduated from the Imperial and Royal Technical Military Academy in 1911.

On 8 May 1945, Heszlényi, along with his son, József Heszlényi Jr., who served on the staff of his father, were captured by American troops. Heszlényi was then handed over to the Soviets, where he committed suicide by cutting his wrists with a razor blade on 2 June 1945 in Zwettl, Austria. On 19 June 1945 a military tribunal posthumously demoted and dishonorably discharged Heszlényi from the Hungarian Army.

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