The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Lajos Veress

Veress, Lajos

Colonel-General

* 6th of October 1889

† 1976

Service

1933-XX-XX 1935-XX-XX Chief of Staff Inspectorate of Cavalry
1933-XX-XX 1935-XX-XX Chief of Staff 1st Cavalry Division
1935-XX-XX 1938-XX-XX Military Attaché to Austria
1938-XX-XX Commanding Officer ? Brigade / 6th Mixed Brigade
1939-XX-XX 1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer 15th Brigade
1940-XX-XX 1941-XX-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Yugoslavia - Eastern Front
1941-XX-XX 1942-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 2nd Armoured Division
1942-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Field Division, Eastern Front
1942-XX-XX General Officer Commanding I Armoured Corps
1942-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX General Officer Commanding IX Corps, Eastern Front
1944-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 2nd Army, Eastern Front
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX in German prison
1947-XX-XX Condemned to life imprisonment
1956-XX-XX Released
Picture source: Courtesy of Andris J. Kursietis