Gusztáv Jány
Gusztáv Vitéz Jány | |
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| Born | 21 October 1883 Rajka, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 26 November 1947 (aged 64) Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic |
| Cause of death | Executed by firing squad |
| Allegiance | Austria-Hungary (1905–1918) Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1943) |
| Branch | Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army |
| Years of service | 1905–1943 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Unit | I Corps Second Army |
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Colonel General Vitéz[a] Gusztáv Jány (born Gusztáv Hautzinger; 21 October 1883 – 26 November 1947) was a Hungarian military officer during the Second World War 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 by the Supreme Court of Hungary.[1]
Awards and decorations
| 1st row | Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross on war ribbon with swords | Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross | Golden Military Merit Medal on military peacetime ribbon | Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Commander's Cross with Star |
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| 2nd row | Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Officer's Cross | Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with war decoration and swords | Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with war decoration and swords | Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords |
| 3rd row | Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords | Bronze Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords | Fire Cross 2nd class with wreath | National Defence Cross |
| 4th row | Hungarian World War I Commemorative Medal | Long Service Crosses for Officers 1st class | Transylvania Commemorative Medal | 1908 Jubilee Cross |
| 5th row | Mobilization Cross 1912/13 | Iron Cross 2nd Class (1939–1945) | Order of the Crown of Italy Knight Grand Cross | Order of the German Eagle with star |
| 6th row | Order of the Crown of Italy Commander's Cross | Iron Cross 2nd Class (1914, with 1939 clasp) | Gallipoli Star | War Commemorative Medal (Austria) |
| Neck Badge | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | |||
| Badge | Badge of the Order of Vitéz | |||
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded March 31, 1943.
Notes
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.