Gusztáv Jány

Gusztáv Vitéz Jány

Born	October 21, 1883(1883-10-21) Rajka, Hungary
Died	November 26, 1947(1947-11-26) (aged 64) Budapest, Hungary
Allegiance	Kingdom of Hungary
Service/branch	Royal Hungarian Army
Years of service	1905-1945
Rank	Vezérezredes
Unit	Hungarian Second Army
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of Voronezh
Awards	Iron Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The native form of this personal name is Jány Gusztáv. This article uses the Western name order.

"Vitéz" is a Hungarian title given to members of the Knightly Order of Vitéz, not a first or middle name.

Colonel General vitéz Gusztáv Jány (October 21, 1883, Rajka – November 26, 1947, Budapest) was a Hungarian officer during World War II. He commanded the Hungarian Second Army at the Battle of Stalingrad.

Awards

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of the Hungarian Second Army March 1, 1940 – August 5, 1943	Succeeded by Lieutenant-General Géza Lakatos

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients in the military of allies of the Third Reich

Ion Antonescu Ugo de Carolis Ugo Cavallero Corneliu Dragalina Ioan Dumitrache Petre Dumitrescu (Oak Leaves) Emilio Esteban Infantes Carlo Fecia di Cossato Italo Gariboldi Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia Ermil Gheorghiu Fedele di Giorgio Enzo Grossi Erik Heinrichs József Heszlényi Miklós Horthy Ioan Hristea Mihály von Ibrányi Gusztáv Jány Emanoil Ionescu Mineichi Koga (Oak Leaves) Radu Korne Géza Lakatos Mihail Lascăr (Oak Leaves) Dezső László Horia Macellariu Augustín Malár Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Oak Leaves) Gheorghe Manoliu Giulio Martinat Giovanni Messe Béla Miklós Leonard Mociulschi Agustín Muñoz Grandes (Oak Leaves) Ioan Pălăghiţă Ioan Mihail Racoviţă Edgar Rădulescu Gheorghe Răscănescu Zoltán Szügyi Nicolae Tătăranu Corneliu Teodorini (Oak Leaves) Jozef Turanec Isoroku Yamamoto (Oak Leaves & Swords)

in alphabetical order

Army groups and Fronts	Nazi Germany B Centre Don Soviet Union Don Southwestern Stalingrad Voronezh

Armies	Nazi Germany 4th Panzer 6th Hungary 2nd Italy 8th Romania 3rd 4th Soviet Union 1st Guards 2nd Guards 3rd Guards 21st 51st 62nd 64th 65th

Corps	Nazi Germany XIV Panzer XL Panzer XLVIII Panzer IV VIII XI LI 8th Air Soviet Union 1st Tank 4th Tank 13th Tank 16th Tank 24th Tank 26th Tank 4th Mechanised 13th Mechanised 3rd Guards Cavalry 4th Cavalry 8th Cavalry

Divisions	Nazi Germany 6th Panzer 14th Panzer 16th Panzer 17th Panzer 22nd Panzer, 24th Panzer 3rd Motorised Infantry 29th Motorised Infantry 60th Motorised Infantry 5th Infantry 44th Infantry 71st Infantry 76th Infantry 79th Infantry 94th Infantry 100th Infantry 113th Infantry 295th Infantry 297th Infantry 305th Infantry 371st Infantry 376th Infantry 384th Infantry 389th Infantry Soviet Union 13th Guards Rifle 15th Guards Rifle 33rd Guards Rifle 35th Guards Rifle 36th Guards Rifle 37th Guards Rifle 39th Guards Rifle 38th Rifle 45th Rifle 62nd Rifle 64th Rifle 91st Rifle 93rd Rifle 95th Rifle 112th Rifle 138th Rifle 157th Rifle 169th Rifle 173rd Rifle 181st Rifle 193rd Rifle 196th Rifle 204th Rifle 214th Rifle 221st Rifle 248th Rifle 284th Rifle 302nd Rifle 308th Rifle 422nd Rifle 685th Rifle 414th Anti-Tank 149th Artillery 60th Cavalry 81st Cavalry

Notable
participants

Nazi Germany: Adolf Hitler; Alexander Edler von Daniels; Wilhelm Hoffman; Hermann Hoth; Hans-Valentin Hube; Erwin König; Erich von Manstein; Friedrich Paulus; Wolfram von Richthofen; Arthur Schmidt; Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach; Karl Strecker

Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin; Azi Aslanov; Vasily Badanov; Vasily Chuikov; Nikolay Dyatlenko; Sasha Fillipov; Peter Gitelman; Vasily Grossman; Nikita Khrushchev; Dmitry Lelyushenko; Rodion Malinovsky; Yakov Pavlov; Alexander Rodimtsev; Konstantin Rokossovsky; Alexander Shcherbakov; Semyon Timoshenko; Aleksandr Vasilevsky; Nikolay Voronov; Erich Weinert; Andrei Yeremenko; Vasily Zaytsev; Georgy Zhukov