The Generals of WWII
Generals from Hungary
Veress
Lajos, Colonel-General
(1889 – 1976)
1933
- 1935
Chief of Staff Inspectorate of Cavalry
1933
- 1935
Chief of Staff 1st Cavalry Division
1935
- 1938
Military Attaché to Austria
1938
Commanding Officer ? Brigade / 6th Mixed Brigade
1939
- 1940
Commanding Officer 15th Brigade
1940
- 1941
Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Yugoslavia - Eastern Front
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding 2nd Armored Division
1942
General Officer Commanding 1st Armored Field Division, Eastern Front
1942
General Officer Commanding I Armored Corps
1942
- 1944
General Officer Commanding IX Corps, Eastern Front
1944
General Officer Commanding 2nd Army, Eastern Front
1944
- 1945
in German prison
1947
Condemned to life imprisonment
1956
Released
Picture source: Courtesy of Andris J. Kursietis