Gusztáv Jány

E40669

Hungarian military officer World War II military personnel general human

Gusztáv Jány was a Hungarian military general best known for leading the Hungarian Second Army on the Eastern Front during World War II and later being tried and executed for war crimes.

Aliases (3)

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hungarian military officer → World War II military personnel → general → human →
allegiance	Kingdom of Hungary →
awardReceived	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary) → Order of Vitéz →
causeOfDeath	execution by firing squad →
conflict	Eastern Front of World War II → World War II →
convictedOf	war crimes →
countryOfCitizenship	Hungary →
countryOfTrial	Hungary →
dateOfBirth	1883-10-21 →
dateOfDeath	1947-11-26 →
educatedAt	Ludovica Military Academy →
employer	Hungarian Armed Forces →
familyName	Jány →
givenName	Gusztáv →
hasOccupation	general →
mannerOfDeath	capital punishment →
militaryBranch	Royal Hungarian Army →
militaryRank	colonel general →
name	Gusztáv Jány →
notableFor	being executed after conviction for war crimes in postwar Hungary → commanding the Hungarian Second Army on the Eastern Front in World War II →
notableWork	command of the Hungarian Second Army on the Eastern Front →
occupation	military officer →
participantIn	Battle of Voronezh (1942) → Battle of the Don River (1943) →
placeOfBirth	Rajka, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary →
placeOfDeath	Budapest, Hungary →
placeOfDetention	Budapest, Hungary →
positionHeld	commander of the Hungarian Second Army →
serviceEnd	1945 →
serviceStart	early 20th century →
sexOrGender	male →
wasTriedFor	war crimes →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hungarian 2nd Army → Hungarian 2nd Army ("Béla Miklós") → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive →	commander
Middle Don offensive ("Gustav Jány") →	combatantCommander
Gusztáv Jány ("Gusztáv") →	givenName
Gusztáv Jány →	name