15th Infantry Brigade (Hungary)

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15th Infantry Brigade
Hungarian: 15. gyalogdosztály
Active1939–43
DisbandedAugust 1943
CountryFlag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Kingdom of Hungary
Branch Royal Hungarian Army
Type Infantry
Part of V Corps

The 15th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II. [1]

Contents

The 15th Infantry Brigade was redesignated 15th Light Division 17 February 1942. [2]

Organization

April 1941 [3]

15th Infantry Brigade (Kiskunhalas):

I. Battalion (Kiskunhalas); II. Battalion (Kalocsa); III. Battalion (Baja)

Commanders

15th Infantry Brigade (Hungarian : 13. gyalogdosztály) [2]

15th Light Division (Hungarian : 13. könnyűhadosztály) [4]

Notes

  1. Niehorster 2013.
  2. 1 2 "15. Infantry Brigade (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. "A Magyar Királyi Honvédség hadrendje 1941. április elején | Magyarok a II. világháborúban | Kézikönyvtár". www.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. "15. Light Division (Hungary)". www.axishistory.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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