Gusztáv Jány

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Years of service 1905–43 Units I Corps, Second Army		Rank Colonel general

Born October 21, 1883Rajka, Moson County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary ( 1883-10-21 ) Allegiance Austria-Hungary (to 1918) Kingdom of Hungary Service/branch Austro-Hungarian ArmyRoyal Hungarian Army Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of VoronezhBattle of Stalingrad Died 26 November 1947, Budapest, Hungary Awards Iron Cross, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, World War II, Battle of Voronezh, Battle of Stalingrad Similar Petre Dumitrescu, Ferenc Szombathelyi, Miklós Horthy, Mikhail Minin

Colonel General Vitéz Gusztáv Jány (born October 21, 1883 in Rajka, Kingdom of Hungary; died November 26, 1947 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian officer during World War II 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.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (March 31, 1943)

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