Gusztáv Jány

{{Expand Hungarian|topic=bio|Jány Gusztáv|fa=yes|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox military person

| name = Gusztáv Vitéz Jány

| image = File:Jány Gusztáv.jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|10|21|df=yes}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|11|26|1883|10|21|df=yes}}

| placeofburial_label =

| death_cause = Executed by firing squad

| placeofburial =

| birth_place = Rajka, Austria-Hungary

| death_place = Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic

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| allegiance = {{flag|Austria-Hungary}} (1905–1918)
{{flagicon|Hungary|1920}} Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1943)

| branch = {{army|Austria-Hungary}}
{{army|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)}}

| serviceyears = 1905–1943

| rank = Colonel General

| unit = I Corps
Second Army

| commands =

| battles = {{tree list}}

| awards = {{plainlist |

Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross on war ribbon with swords
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

}}

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Colonel General Vitéz{{efn|"Vitéz" is a title given to members of the Hungarian Knightly Order of Vitéz.}} Gusztáv Jány (born Gusztáv Hautzinger; 21 October 1883 – 26 November 1947) was a Hungarian military officer during the Second World War 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 by the Supreme Court of Hungary.{{Cite web|url=https://www.magyaridok.hu/velemeny/jany-per-birosagon-2647708/|title = A Jány-per a bíróságon}}

Awards and decorations

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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Order of Merit of Hungary pre1945 (mil) GCross wreath-swords BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Order of Merit of Hungary pre1945 (civ) GCross BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Signum Laudis Grand-Gold-Medal (civ)-m BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Order of Merit of Hungary pre1945 (civ) CCross Star BAR.svg|width=106}}

{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Order of Merit of Hungary pre1945 (civ) OCross BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT KuK Kriegsbande schwertern-gold BAR.svg|width=106px}}

{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT KuK Kriegsbande schwertern-gold BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT KuK Kriegsbande schwertern-gold BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Tuzkereszt 2class BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN National Defence Cross pre1945 BAR.svg|width=106px}}

{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Great War Commemorative Medal (combat) BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Szolgalati Jel pre1945 (mod-1) BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Transylvania Commemorative Medal BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT KuK 1908 Jubilee Cross (Military) BAR.svg|width=106}}

{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT KuK Mobilization Cross 1912-1913 BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=DEU EK 2 Klasse BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Cavaliere di Gran Croce OCI Kingdom BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=DEU Deutsche Adlerorden 1 BAR.svg|width=106}}

{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Commendatore OCI Kingdom BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=DEU EK 2Kl 1939Clasp BAR.svg|width=106px}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=TUR Harp Madalyasi BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT WWI Commemorative Medal (with swords) BAR.svg|width=106}}

colspan="5"|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Iron Cross (1939).svg|width=106px}}

colspan="5"|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Insignia Hungary Order Vitéz.svg|width=106px}}

class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" !1st row \|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross on war ribbon with swords \|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross \|Golden Military Merit Medal on military peacetime ribbon \|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Commander's Cross with Star
2nd row \|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Officer's Cross \|Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with war decoration and swords \|Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with war decoration and swords \|Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords
3rd row \|Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords \|Bronze Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords \|Fire Cross 2nd class with wreath \|National Defence Cross
4th row \|Hungarian World War I Commemorative Medal \|Long Service Crosses for Officers 1st class \|Transylvania Commemorative Medal \|1908 Jubilee Cross
5th row \|Mobilization Cross 1912/13 \|Iron Cross 2nd Class (1939–1945) \|Order of the Crown of Italy Knight Grand Cross \|Order of the German Eagle with star
6th row \|Order of the Crown of Italy Commander's Cross \|Iron Cross 2nd Class (1914, with 1939 clasp) \|Gallipoli Star \|War Commemorative Medal (Austria)
Neck Badge \| align=center colspan="4" \|Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Badge \| align=center colspan="4" \|Badge of the Order of Vitéz

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!1st row

|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross on war ribbon with swords

|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross

|Golden Military Merit Medal on military peacetime ribbon

|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Commander's Cross with Star

2nd row

|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Officer's Cross

|Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with war decoration and swords

|Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords

3rd row

|Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords

|Bronze Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords

|Fire Cross 2nd class with wreath

|National Defence Cross

4th row

|Hungarian World War I Commemorative Medal

|Long Service Crosses for Officers 1st class

|Transylvania Commemorative Medal

|1908 Jubilee Cross

5th row

|Mobilization Cross 1912/13

|Iron Cross 2nd Class (1939–1945)

|Order of the Crown of Italy Knight Grand Cross

|Order of the German Eagle with star

6th row

|Order of the Crown of Italy Commander's Cross

|Iron Cross 2nd Class (1914, with 1939 clasp)

|Gallipoli Star

|War Commemorative Medal (Austria)

Neck Badge

| align=center colspan="4" |Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Badge

| align=center colspan="4" |Badge of the Order of Vitéz

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded March 31, 1943.

Notes

References

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|year=2000

|orig-year=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=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

|language=de

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

{{Cite book | last1 = Kovács | first1 = Attila Ótott | title = Die ungarischen Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes | year = 2006 | publisher = Scherzers Militaer-Verl. | location = Ranis | isbn = 978-3-938845-02-8 }}

{{succession box

|title=Commander of the Hungarian Second Army

|before=none

|after=Lieutenant-General Géza Lakatos

|years=1 March 1940 – 5 August 1943

}}

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| portal1=Biography

| portal2=Hungary

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Category:1883 births

Category:1947 deaths