The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Károly Beregfy

Beregfy, Károly

Colonel-General

* 12th of February 1888

† 12th of March 1946

(Károly Berger (Unil 1932-05-02))

Promotions

1929-05-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1934-11-01 Colonel
1939-11-01 Major-General
1941-11-01 Lieutenant-General
1944-01-01 Colonel-General

Service

1927-05-01 1929-11-01 Assigned to Section 4, Group VI, Ministry of Defence
1929-11-01 1932-08-01 Instructor at the Royal Military Academy
1932-08-01 1933-05-01 Assigned to Section 3/c, Ministry of Defence
1933-05-01 1937-05-01 Chief of Section 3/c, Ministry of Defence
1937-05-01 1938-06-15 Deputy Head of Supply Bureau, Ministry of Defence
1938-06-15 1938-11-01 Assigned to the Military Archives
1938-11-01 1939-01-10 Commanding Officer 2nd Motorized Brigade
1939-01-10 1941-11-01 Commandant of Royal Hungarian Military Academy
1941-11-01 1943-08-01 General Officer Commanding VI Corps
1943-08-01 1944-05-15 General Officer Commanding 3rd Army
1944-05-15 1944-08-01 General Officer Commanding 1st Army
1944-08-01 1944-10-16 Commander in Chief of the Replacement Army
1944-10-16 1945-05-03 Minister of Defence
1944-10-16 1945-05-01 Chief of the General Staff
1944-10-16 1945-05-01 Commander in Chief of the Army
1945-05-01 1945-06-09 Prisoner of War to the Americans
1945-06-09 1946-03-01 In prison
1946-03-01 Condemned to death as war criminal
1946-03-12 Executed
Picture source: From: "Képes Vasárnap - A Pesti Hirlap kiadása Képes Vasárnap" 1944, No. 48