Headquarters:
(Without a peace time Headquarters, Corps, or Military District assigned)
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| Lineage: |
| Constituted: |
12.10.1944 |
at Pápa |
| Activated: |
12.10.1944 |
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| Discontinued: |
08.05.1945 |
Surrendered to British forces at Preitenegg, (near Maribor) Austria |
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| Commanding Officers: |
| 12.10.1944–08.05.1945 |
BG Zoltán Szügyi |
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| Tactical Subordination: |
| 12.10.1944–19.12.1944 |
Reserves, Third Army |
| 19.12.1944–15.03.1945 |
LVII. Panzerkorps, 8. Armee |
| 15.03.1945–19.03.1945 |
XXII. Armeekorps, 2. Panzerarmee |
| 19.03.1945–12.04.1945 |
(Remnants) II Corps, 6. Armee |
| 12.04.1945–08.05.1945 |
XXII. Armeekorps, 1. Panzerarmee |
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| Initial Mobilized Combat Organization: |
Szt. László Division Headquarters
1st (Parachute) Regiment
2nd (Infantry) Regiment
3rd (Air Force) Regiment
1st Artillery Battalion
6th Artillery Battalion (motorized)
9th Artillery Battalion
76th Artillery Battalion
1st Rocket Launcher Battalion
20th Assault Gun Battalion
Szt. László Combat Engineer Battalion (motorized)
Szt. László Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Szt. Lászlo Signal Battalion (motorized)
Szt. Lászlo Divisional Service Headquarters |
NOTES:
As training of the elite Szt. László Division was not finished until early December 1944,
the individual units of the division fought separately. Upon reaching combat readiness on 07.12.1944,
the battalions were used in large part in the front around Budapest – at the Gran River, etc. – as ad-hoc emergency troops.
The division did not see combat as a complete formation until April 1945, and only after having been filled
up by the remnants of the 20th Infantry Division, the 7th Field Replacement Division, and the so-called
8th Infantry Division, as well as the Fortress Regiment. The latter was used to replace the former 3rd (Air Force) Regiment,
which had been annihilated in the previous fighting.
The British kept the division under arms until matters regarding the Yugoslavian partisans had been settled. |
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