The Generals of WWII
Generals from Hungary
Bakay, Szilárd
Lieutenant-General
* 8th of September 1892
† 17th of March 1947
Promotions
| 1931-11-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1935-11-01 | Colonel |
| 1940-07-01 | Major-General |
| 1942-10-01 | Lieutenant-General (Seniority from 1942-09-29) |
| 1991-03-18 | Colonel-General (Posthumously) |
Service
| 1929-11-04 | – | 1933-03-31 | Chief of Section 2, Bureau VI, Ministry of Defence |
| 1933-04-01 | – | 1933-09-15 | Military Attaché to Yugoslavia |
| 1933-09-15 | – | 1933-12-31 | Chief of Section B, Chancellery, Ministry of Defence |
| 1934-01-01 | – | 1939-05-01 | Military Attaché to Bulgaria |
| 1939-07-01 | – | 1942-02-17 | Commanding Officer 17th Infantry Brigade |
| 1942-02-17 | – | 1942-08-01 | General Officer Commanding 17th Light Division |
| 1942-08-01 | – | 1943-05-15 | General Officer Commanding Hungarian Occupation Group East [Ukraine] |
| 1943-05-15 | – | 1944-07-01 | General Officer Commanding III Corps |
| 1944-07-01 | – | 1944-08-01 | President of the Supreme Military Court |
| 1944-08-01 | – | 1944-10-16 | Acting General Officer Commanding I Corps |
| 1944-XX-XX | – | 1945-XX-XX | In German prison and Mauthausen concentration camp |
| 1945-XX-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Prisoner of War |
| 1946-04-11 | Condemned to death by Soviet Military Court as war criminal | ||
| 1947-03-14 | Executed | ||
| 1992-09-22 | Rehabilitated by Soviet authorities |
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis