Colonel General Vitéz Gusztáv Jány (born Gusztáv Hautzinger; 21 October 1883 in Rajka, Kingdom of Hungary – 26 November 1947 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian officer during World War II who commanded the Hungarian Second Army at the Battle of Stalingrad.
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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.
Gusztáv Vitéz Jány | |
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Born | Rajka, Austria-Hungary | 21 October 1883
Died | 26 November 1947 Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic | (aged 64)
Allegiance | Austria-Hungary (1905-1918) Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1943) |
Service/ | Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army |
Years of service | 1905–43 |
Rank | Colonel General |
Unit | I Corps Second Army |
Battles/wars | |
Awards |
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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.
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