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Jenő Major

{{Short description|Hungarian military officer}}

{{Infobox military person

|name= Jenő Major

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1891|08|6}}

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1972|01|13|1891|08|6}}

|birth_place=Baksa, Kingdom of Hungary

|death_place=Sonthofen, West Germany

|image=MajorJeno.jpg

|caption=

|nickname=

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

|branch=Austro-Hungarian Army
Royal Hungarian Army

|serviceyears=1912-1945

|rank=Vezérezredes (Colonel General)

|commands=Hungarian Second Army

|unit=

|battles=World War I
World War II

|awards=

|relations=

|laterwork=}}

{{eastern name order|Major Jenő}}

Jenő Major ((born Jenő Majer; 6 August 1891 – 13 January 1972) was a Hungarian military officer, who served as the last Commander of the Hungarian Second Army during the Second World War.

He attended the Ludovica Academy, he was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant in 1912. He took part in World War I. He graduated from the military academy between 1923, then served in various staff positions, and until 1938 was a teacher of military history at Ludovica Academy. Between 1938 and 1940, he was department head at the Ministry of Defense and was promoted to Major general. Between 1941-1944 he was the commander of the 1st Armored Division, in 1943 he was appointed Lieutenant general.

From the Arrow Parties takeover, he became the commander of the 2nd Army, as Colonel general. After the destruction of his Army, he became Inspector-General of the Hungarian Army in Germany from 1 December 1944. He avoided extradition to Hungary and lived the remainder of his life in West Germany.

Awards and decorations

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

|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN_Order_of_Merit_of_Hungary_pre1945_(civ)_CCross_BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN_Order_of_Merit_of_Hungary_pre1945_(civ)_OCross_BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT KuK Order of the Iron Crown swords BAR.svg|width=106}}

{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=HUN Order of Merit of Hungary pre1945 (mil) CCross 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 Signum Laudis Medal (war) Bronze BAR.svg|width=106px}}

{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT Karl-Truppenkreuz BAR.svg|width=106}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AUT KuK Wound Medal (2 Stripes) 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-2) BAR.svg|width=106px}}

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

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

|{{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=Ufficiale OCI Kingdom BAR.svg|width=106px}}

{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Пластина на „Орден за Военна Заслуга“.jpg|width=106px}}
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}}

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!1st row

|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Commander's Cross with Star on war ribbon with swords

|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Commander's Cross on civilian ribbon

|Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Officer's Cross on civilian ribbon

|Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) 3rd Class with war decoration and swords

2nd row

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

|Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords

|Bronze Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords

|Hungarian Bronze Military Merit Medal on war ribbon

3rd row

|Karl Troop Cross

|Wound Medal (Austria-Hungary)

|Hungarian World War I Commemorative Medal

|Long Service Crosses for Officers 2nd class

4th row

|Transylvania Commemorative Medal

|Lower Hungary Commemorative Medal

|Mobilization Cross 1912/13

|Order of the Crown of Italy Officer's Cross

5th row

|Grand Cross of the Order "For Military Merit" on war decoration

Badge

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

Badge

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

Works

  • [http://mek.oszk.hu/04900/04975/html/index.htm Emléktöredékek - Visszaemlékezés az 1944. március és 1945. július közötti háborús eseményekre], Petit Real, Budapest, 2000.

References

  • [http://mek.oszk.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC09732/09872.htm Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon]
  • [www.generals.dk/general/Major/Jëno/Hungary.html Generals.dk]

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{{succession box

|title=Commander of the Hungarian Second Army

|before=Lieutenant-General Lajos Veress

|after=army destroyed

|years=16 October 1944 – 13 November 1944

}}

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Category:1891 births

Category:1972 deaths

Category:People from Baranya County

Category:Hungarian collaborators with Nazi Germany

Category:Hungarian generals

Category:Hungarian military personnel of World War II

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