Gusztáv Jány

Gusztáv Vitéz Jány
Born	October 21, 1883 Rajka, Moson County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died	November 26, 1947 (aged 64) Budapest, Hungary
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary (to 1918) Kingdom of Hungary
Service/branch	Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army
Years of service	1905–43
Rank	Colonel General
Unit	I Corps Second Army
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of Voronezh Battle of Stalingrad
Awards	Iron Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Colonel General Vitéz^[1] Gusztáv Jány (born October 21, 1883 in Rajka, Kingdom of Hungary; died November 26, 1947 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian officer during World War II who commanded the Hungarian Second Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. After the war, he was found guilty of war crimes and executed by firing squad. He was posthumously exonerated in 1993.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (March 31, 1943)

References

1. "Vitéz" is a title given to members of the Hungarian Knightly Order of Vitéz.

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Kovács, Attila Ótott (2006). Die ungarischen Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes. Ranis: Scherzers Militaer-Verl. ISBN 978-3-938845-02-8.