Hungarian 2nd Army

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Royal Hungarian Honvéd formation field army military unit

The Hungarian 2nd Army was a major field army of the Royal Hungarian Honvéd that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II and suffered catastrophic losses during the Soviet offensives around Stalingrad.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Hungarian 2nd Army canonical 7
Royal Hungarian Army 4
Hungarian Second Army 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Hungarian Honvéd formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activePeriod World War II ⓘ
allegiance Regent Miklós Horthy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
surface form: 2. magyar hadsereg
associatedWith Hungary in World War II ⓘ
Hungarian 2nd Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
belligerentSide Axis powers ⓘ
surface form: Axis Powers
casualties very high killed wounded and missing ⓘ
casualtiesImpact severely weakened Hungarian military ⓘ
traumatic event in Hungarian military history ⓘ
commander Gusztáv Jány ⓘ
surface form: Béla Miklós

Gusztáv Jány ⓘ
composition limited armored units ⓘ
mostly light infantry divisions ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
defensiveTask hold Don River line against Soviet attacks ⓘ
disbanded 1943 ⓘ
equipmentLevel poorly equipped compared to German units ⓘ
formed 1940 ⓘ
frontSector Don River ⓘ
surface form: Don River sector

south of Voronezh ⓘ
garrisonBeforeDeployment Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
historicalSignificance largest Hungarian force sent to Eastern Front ⓘ
symbol of Hungary’s losses at Stalingrad ⓘ
languageOfName Hungarian language ⓘ
surface form: Hungarian
logisticalCondition inadequate winter clothing and supplies ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ⓘ
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation ⓘ
surface form: Voronezh–Kharkov strategic offensive operation
notableEvent collapse during Soviet winter offensive 1942–1943 ⓘ
operationalEnvironment extreme winter conditions on Eastern Front ⓘ
opponent Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Hungarian Defence Forces ⓘ
surface form: Royal Hungarian Honvéd
primaryEnemyForce Red Army ⓘ
resultOfCampaign near destruction as a fighting force ⓘ
role allied contingent to German Wehrmacht on Eastern Front ⓘ
strengthPeak approximately 200000 soldiers ⓘ
subordination Army Group B ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group B

Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group South
suffered catastrophic losses ⓘ
sufferedLossesDuring Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ⓘ
Soviet offensives around Stalingrad ⓘ
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation ⓘ
surface form: Voronezh–Kharkov offensive
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
type infantry-dominated field army ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Stalingrad → involvedMilitaryUnit → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
Hungarian 2nd Army → alsoKnownAs → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2. magyar hadsereg
Hungarian 2nd Army → associatedWith → Hungarian 2nd Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
Operation Little Saturn → targetedUnit → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
Axis forces on the Eastern Front → included → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hungarian Army
Austro-Hungarian Army → followedBy → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hungarian Honvéd
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → opponent → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
Gusztáv Jány → militaryBranch → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
Hungary in World War II → militaryForce → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
Middle Don offensive → participant → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
Hungarian Defence Forces → precededBy → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
Army Group South → subordinateUnit → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
middle Don River → frontHeldBy → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
Battle of Voronezh (1942) → militaryUnitInvolved → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hungarian Second Army
Battle of the Don River (1943) → hasParticipant → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hungarian Second Army
Hungarian Army units → notableFormation → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Hungarian Army
Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → involvedUnit → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
royal Hungarian army → notableUnit → Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
this entity surface form: 2nd Hungarian Army