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Royal Hungarian Honvéd
First Army
Headquarters:
   Kolozsvár
   as of 07.1942: Budapest
Lineage:
   Constituted:       01.03.1940    as the First Army
   Activated:    06.01.1944    In Hungary
   Mobilized:    01.03.1944  
   Disbanded:    07.04.1944    In Hungary
   Activated:    07.04.1944    On the East Front
     07.04.1944    Takes over VII Corps from the Second Army on the East Front
   Fate:    08.05.1945    Surrenders in Bohmia, Czechoslovakia
Commanding Officers:
   01.03.1940–01.02.1941    LTG Vilmos Nagy
   01.02.1941–01.08.1942    LTG István Schweitzer
   01.08.1942–01.04.1944    LTG István Náday
   01.04.1944–26.05.1944    LTG Géza Lakatos
   26.05.1944–25.07.1944    LTG Károly Beregffy
   25.07.1944–01.08.1944    LTG Ferenc Farkas [Acting CG. He was the CG of the VIth Corps.]
   01.08.1944–16.10.1944    LTG Béla Miklós von Dalnoki
   16.10.1944–11.05.1945    LTG Dezsö László
Attachments:  
   01.03.1940–06.01.1944 VKF (Inactive, Peace Time Garrisons)
   06.01.1944–07.04.1944 VKF
   07.04.1944–21.07.1944 Heeresgruppe Nordukraine
   21.07.1944–15.08.1944 Armeegruppe Raus (= 1. Panzerarmee + First Army), Heeresgruppe Nordukraine
   15.08.1944–22.09.1944 Armeegruppe Heinrici (= 1. Panzerarmee + First Army), Heeresgruppe Nordukraine
   23.09.1944–20.10.1944 Armeegruppe Heinrici (= 1. Panzerarmee + First Army), Heeresgruppe A
   23.10.1944–17.12.1944 Armeegruppe Wöhler (= 8. Armee + First Army), Heeresgruppe Süd
   18.12.1944–25.01.1945 Armeegruppe Heinrici (= 1. Panzerarmee + First Army), Heeresgruppe A
   25.01.1945–01.02.1945 Armeegruppe Heinrici (= 1. Panzerarmee + First Army), Heeresgruppe Mitte
Organization:
   06.01.1944 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig., 16th Inf. Div., 24th Inf. Div.
   15.02.1944 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig., 16th Inf. Div., 24th Inf. Div.
   15.03.1944 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig., 16th Inf. Div., 24th Inf. Div.
   15.04.1944 VI Corps: 2nd Mtn. Brig.
IX Corps: 20th Inf. Div., 25th Inf. Div., 27th Lt. Div.
VII Corps: 16th Inf. Div., 18th Res. Div., 19th Res. Div., 21st Inf. Div.
XI. Armeekorps: 2nd Armd. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig.
Reserve: 24th Inf. Div., 201st Lt. Div.
   15.05.1944 VI Corps: 18th Res. Div., 19th Res. Div., 27th Lt. Div., 2nd Mtn. Brig., 66th Border Guard Brig.
VII Corps: 16th Inf. Div., 21st Inf. Div., 68. Inf. Div.
XI. Armeekorps: 24th Inf. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig., 101. Jäg. Div.
IX Corps: 25th Inf. Div.
Reserve: 2nd Armd. Div., 201st Lt. Div., 16. Pz.Div, 19. Pz. Div.
   15.06.1944 VI Corps: 18th Res. Div., 27th Lt. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig.
VII Corps: 16th Inf. Div., 68. Inf. Div.
XI. Armeekorps: 24th Inf. Div., 25th Inf. Div., 18th Res. Div., 101. Jäg. Div.
Reserve: 2nd Armd. Div.
   15.07.1944 VI Corps: 19th Res. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig.
VII Corps: 16th Inf. Div., 68. Inf. Div.
XI. Armeekorps: 24th Inf. Div., 25th Inf. Div., 18th Res. Div., 101. Jäg. Div.
Reserve: 2nd Armd. Div., 27th Lt. Div., 7th Inf. Div., 19. SS-Div., 6th Inf. Div. (en-route)
   01.08.1944 III Corps: 6th Inf. Div., 10th Inf. Div., 13th Inf. Div.
VI Corps: 19th Res. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig., 25th Inf. Div., 18th Res. Div.
VII Corps: 7th Inf. Div., 16th Inf. Div., 24th Inf. Div.
Reserve: 2nd Armd. Div., 20th Inf. Div.
   31.08.1944 III Corps: 24th Inf. Div., 6. Res. Div., 10th Inf. Div.
VI Corps: 19th Res. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig., 27th Lt. Div.
XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps: 13th Inf. Div., 100. Jäg. Div., 101. Jäg. Div.
Reserve: 2nd Armd. Div., 25th Inf. Div.
   16.09.1944 III Corps: 24th Inf. Div., 16th Inf. Div.
VI Corps: 10th Inf. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig.
XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps: 6th Inf. Div., 13th Inf. Div., 100. Jäg. Div., 101. Jäg. Div.
   13.10.1944 III Corps: 6th Inf. Div., 2nd Mtn. Brig.
V Corps: 13th Inf. Div., 16th Inf. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig.
VI Corps: 24th Inf. Div., 10th Inf. Div.
   05.11.1944 III Corps: 6th Inf. Div.
V Corps: 13th Inf. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig.
XVII. Armeekorps: 16th Inf. Div., 24th Inf. Div., 2nd Fld. Repl. Div., 8. Jäg. Div.
Reserve: 2nd Mtn. Brig. (Remnants)
   26.11.1944 III Corps: 6th Inf. Div.
V Corps: 16th Inf. Div.
XVII. Armeekorps: 13th Inf. Div. (Remnants), 24th Inf. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig., 2nd Mtn. Brig.
   31.12.1945 V Corps: 16th Inf. Div., 24th Inf. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig.
XVII. Armeekorps: 3. Geb. Div., 4. Geb. Div., 208. Inf. Div.
   15.01.1945 ?
   15.02.1945 ?
   15.03.1945 16th Inf. Div., 24th Inf. Div., 1st Mtn. Brig., 3rd Fld. Repl. Div.
   Mai 45 16th Inf. Div., 24th Inf. Div., 3rd Fld. Repl. Div.
 
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