József Heszlényi
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József Heszlényi
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Born | 24 July 1890 Igló, Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary now Spišská Nová Ves, Košice Region, Slovakia |
Died | 2 June 1945 (aged 54) Zwettl, Lower Austria, Allied-occupied Austria |
Buried |
German War Cemetery in Allentsteig, Lower Austria
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Allegiance | Austria-Hungary (to 1918) Kingdom of Hungary |
Service/ |
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 |
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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
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Preceded by
Lieutenant-General Károly Beregfy
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Commander of the Hungarian Third Army September 19, 1944 – May 8, 1945 |
Succeeded by none |
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- People from Spišská Nová Ves
- Hungarians in Slovakia
- Hungarian soldiers
- Hungarian people of World War II
- Hungarian people who died in prison custody
- Suicides in the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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