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Royal Hungarian Honvéd
II Corps
Headquarters:
   Székesfehérvár
2nd Military District
   Deputy Corps Commander
     00.08.1940–00.10.1940    BG Béla Madaras
     00.08.1944–00.11.1944    BG Pál Szombathy
     00.11.1944–00.00.1945    MG István Kiss
Lineage:
   Constituted:    01.02.1929    as 2nd Military District
   Redesignated:    01.10.1938    as II Corps, by amalgamating the 2nd Mixed Brigade and 2nd Military District
   Activated:    30.08.1944    (Corps Headquarters only)
   Discontinued:       08.05.1945    Capitulates in Styria, Austria
Commanding Officers:
   01.02.1929–01.03.1935    MG Zoltán Módly
   01.03.1935–01.08.1937    MG József Böckl
   01.08.1937–10.01.1939    MG Milán Temessy
   10.01.1939–01.02.1941    MG István Schweitzer
   01.02.1941–01.10.1942    MG Gusztáv Hennyey
   01.10.1942–01.11.1943    MG Belá Aggteleky
   01.11.1943–19.04.1944    MG János Vörös
   [19.04.1944–15.05.1944]    – position not filled –
   15.05.1944–15.11.1944    MG István Kiss
   15.11.1944–00.05.1945    MG István Kudriczy
Attachments:  
   01.02.1929–01.03.1940    HM (peace time garrison)
   01.03.1940–07.04.1941    VKF (peace time garrison)
   07.04.1941–17.04.1941    Third Army
   17.04.1941–30.08.1944    VKF (peace time garrison)
   30.08.1944–12.11.1944    Second Army (peace time garrison)
   12.11.1944–19.03.1945    Third Army (Commandant of Budapest)
 
Organization:
Peace Time Organization to 1943:
   Corps Headquarters
   Corps Troops:

   II Corps Artillery Command
   II Bicycle Battalion
   II Heavy Artillery Battalion (mot)
   II Artillery Observation Battery
   II Anti-Aircraft Battalion (mot)
   II Signal Battalion
   II Combat Engineer Battalion
   II Corps Supply Services Headquarters
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Érsekújvár)
   (Komárom)
   (Komárom)
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Komárom)
   (Komárom)
   (Komárom)
 
Peace Time Organization from 1943:
   Corps Headquarters
   Attached units:

   II Corps Supply Services Headquarters
   II Corps Motorized Supply Services Headquarters
   II Artillery Command
   II Engineer Command
   II Labor Forces Command
   II independent Anti-Aircraft Company (mot)
   II independent Heavy Artillery Battery (mot)
   52nd independent Combat Engineer Battalion
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Székesfehérvár)
   (Komárom)
   (Komárom)
 
Border Defense Units:
   52nd Border Police Battalion
     • 1/52 Border Police Company (9 Patrols)
     • 2/52 Border Police Company (7 Patrols)
     • 3/52 Border Police Company (8 Patrols)
     • 4/52 Border Police Company (8 Patrols)
     • 5/52 Border Police Company (5 Patrols)

   (Komárom)
   (Léva)
   (Érsekujvár)
   (Galánta)
   (Somorja)
   (Rajka)
 
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