József Heszlényi

József Heszlényi

Born	24 July 1890 (1890-07-24) Igló, Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary now Spišská Nová Ves, Košice Region, Slovakia
Died	2 June 1945 (1945-06-03) (aged 54) Zwettl, Lower Austria, Allied-occupied Austria
Buried at	German War Cemetery in Allentsteig, Lower Austria
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary (to 1918) Kingdom of Hungary
Service/branch	Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army
Years of service	1911-1945
Rank	Vezérezredes (Colonel General)
Commands held	IV Corps Third Army
Battles/wars	World War I World War II

The native form of this personal name is vitéz Heszlényi József. This article uses the Western name order.

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

On May 8, 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 June 2, 1945 in Zwettl, Austria. On June 19, 1945 a military tribunal posthumously demoted and dishonorably discharged Heszlényi from the Hungarian Army.

Military career

Commanding Officer 23rd Infantry Brigade, November 1938 - 1 March 1940
Commanding Officer 2nd Motorized Brigade, 1 March 1940 - 1 November 1940
Deputy Chief of Supply Bureau, Ministry of Defense, 1 November 1940 - 1 May 1941
Chief of Supply Bureau, Ministry of Defense (HM/III), 1 May 1941 - 1 May 1942
Chief of Main Supply Bureau, Ministry of Defense, 1 May 1942 - December 1942
G.O.C. IV. Army Corps, December 1942 - September 1944
Acting Commander-in-Chief, 3rd Army

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (28 October 1944)

References

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Kovács, Attila Ótott (2006). Die ungarischen Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes. Ranis: Scherzers Militaer-Verl. ISBN 978-3-938845-02-8.

Military offices
Preceded by Lieutenant-General Károly Beregfy	Commander of the Hungarian Third Army September 19, 1944 – May 8, 1945	Succeeded by none

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients in the military of allies of Nazi Germany

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.