Gusztáv Jány
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Gusztáv Vitéz Jány
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Born | Rajka, Moson County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
October 21, 1883
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Allegiance | Austria-Hungary (to 1918) Kingdom of Hungary |
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Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army |
Years of service | 1905–43 |
Rank | Colonel General |
Unit | I Corps Second Army |
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Colonel General Vitéz[1] Gusztáv Jány (born October 21, 1883 in Rajka, Kingdom of Hungary; died November 26, 1947 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian officer during World War II who commanded the Hungarian Second Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. After the war, he was found guilty of war crimes and executed by firing squad. He was posthumously exonerated in 1993.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (March 31, 1943)
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Preceded by
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Commander of the Hungarian Second Army March 1, 1940 – August 5, 1943 |
Succeeded by Lieutenant-General Géza Lakatos |
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- People from Győr-Moson-Sopron County
- Hungarian generals
- Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
- Hungarian military personnel of World War II
- Hungarian soldiers
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Hungarian people executed by firing squad
- People executed by Hungary by firing squad
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