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.

Aliases (4)

Royal Hungarian Army ×4
2. magyar hadsereg ×1
Hungarian Army ×1
Royal Hungarian Honvéd ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Hungarian Honvéd formation → field army → military unit →
activePeriod	World War II →
allegiance	Regent Miklós Horthy →
alsoKnownAs	2. magyar hadsereg →
associatedWith	Hungary in World War II → Royal Hungarian Army →
belligerentSide	Axis Powers →
casualties	very high killed wounded and missing →
casualtiesImpact	severely weakened Hungarian military → traumatic event in Hungarian military history →
commander	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 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 →
logisticalCondition	inadequate winter clothing and supplies →
notableBattle	Battle of Stalingrad → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → Voronezh–Kharkov strategic offensive operation →
notableEvent	collapse during Soviet winter offensive 1942–1943 →
operationalEnvironment	extreme winter conditions on Eastern Front →
opponent	Soviet Union →
partOf	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	German Army Group B → German Army Group South →
suffered	catastrophic losses →
sufferedLossesDuring	Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → Soviet offensives around Stalingrad → Voronezh–Kharkov offensive →
theater	Eastern Front →
type	infantry-dominated field army →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hungarian 2nd Army ("2. magyar hadsereg") →	alsoKnownAs
Hungarian 2nd Army ("Royal Hungarian Army") →	associatedWith
Austro-Hungarian Army ("Royal Hungarian Honvéd") →	followedBy
middle Don River →	frontHeldBy
Axis forces on the Eastern Front ("Hungarian Army") →	included
Battle of Stalingrad →	involvedMilitaryUnit
Gusztáv Jány ("Royal Hungarian Army") →	militaryBranch
Hungary in World War II ("Royal Hungarian Army") →	militaryForce
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive →	opponent
Middle Don offensive →	participant
Hungarian Defence Forces ("Royal Hungarian Army") →	precededBy
Army Group South →	subordinateUnit
Operation Little Saturn →	targetedUnit