László Hollósy-Kuthy
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vitéz gertenyesi László Hollósy-Kuthy (Buziásfürdő, August 23, 1896 – Székesfehérvár, July 25, 1979) was a Hungarian military officer during the First and Second World Wars.
vitéz gertenyesi László Hollósy-Kuthy | |
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| Native name | Hollósy-Kuthy László |
| Born | August 23, 1896 Buziásfürdő |
| Died | July 25, 1979 Székesfehérvár |
| Allegiance |  Hungary |
| Service/ | Army (Infantry) |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Awards | Order of Vitéz |
Life and Career[edit]
He graduated from the Imperial and Royal Technical Military Academy of Mödling in 1915. After his graduation, he was sent to the Italian front, where he was wounded and captured. After returning home, he served in the National Army led by Miklós Horthy in 1919. During the Second World War, he served in the Hungarian 2nd Army, As the commander of the 13th Light Division of Kecskemét. He led the defense of Ostrogozhsk, and when the defense became impossible, he carried out a successful breakout. In 1944, as the commander of the 25th Infantry Division, he fought the Battle of Turda (in Hungarian: Tordai csata), in which the Hungarians held off the Soviet-Romanian troops for more than a month, preventing them from occupying Northern Transylvania. During the battle, he was promoted to lieutenant general. Later while being the commander of the 1st Hungarian Army Corps, he was tasked with the defense of Subcarpathia against the Soviet Union, but after October 16, he was removed from his position under German pressure, because he was he was one of Miklós Horthy's supporters. At the end of the war, he was taken prisoner by the Americans, who released him to Hungary in October 1945, where he was declared unfit for "leadership positions", and was deported to Csanádapác in 1951. He was only able to leave in 1953, after the reform communists came to power. He moved to Székesfehérvár, where he died in 1979.
References[edit]
- ↑ "László Hollósy-Kuthy". www.vitezirend.co.hu (In Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ↑ "Élményeim a második világháború alatt 1939-1945 - Megyei Levéltár közleményei 14. (Székesfehérvár, 1989) | Biography of László Hollósy-Kuthy". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
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