The V Corps was formed as the 5. Military District 7 December 1925 and redesignated 1 October 1938. It surrendered in Austria May 1945.

Known war crimes

Soldiers from the corps killed an estimated 3000 civilians, a large part of them Jews, in January 1942 in Bačka (Vojvodina) in present day Serbia, known as the Novi Sad massacre. In a Hungarian trial in December 1943 several officers, including Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner, László Deák and József Grassy (the latter two would later become Waffen-SS officers), were found guilty of this massacre but they were granted bail and escaped to Germany. (1)

Commanders

Brigadier General Gyula Kubinyi (7 Dec 1925 - 1 May 1930)
Major General Kálmán Shvoy (1 May 1930 - 1 June 1934)
Major General Miksa Nagyszombathy (1 June 1934 - 1 Nov 1936)
Major General László Mérey   (1 Nov 1936 - 1 Aug 1939)
Major General Antal Silley  (1 Aug 1939 - 1 Aug 1941)
Major General Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner  (1 Aug 1941 - 20 Aug 1942)
Major General Frigyes Gyimessy  (20 Aug 1942 - 1 Aug 1943)
Major General Pál Platthy  (1 Aug 1943 - 1 May 1944)
None  (1 May 1944 - 1 Sep 1944)
Major General Zoltán Algya-Pap  (1 Sep 1944 - 15 Nov 1944)
Major General Miklós Nagyöszy  (15 Nov 1944 - 17 Dec 1944)
Major General Mikály Ibrányi  (17 Dec 1944 - 1 Mar 1945)
Major General József Vasváry  (1 Mar 1945 - ? May 1945)

Order of battle (9 April 1941)

13. Infantry Brigade
14. Infantry Brigade
15. Infantry Brigade

Monument to the victims of the Novi Sad massacre

(Courtesy of Pokrajac)

Footnotes

1. "The Routledge atlas of the Holocaust" by Martin Gilbert, "War and revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: occupation and collaboration" by Jozo Tomasevich and "The Royal Hungarian Army in World War II" by Nigel Thomas & Laszlo Szabo.

Sources used

Martin Gilbert - The Routledge atlas of the Holocaust
Andris J. Kursietis - The Hungarian Army and its military leadership in World War II
Leo W.G. Niehorster - The Royal Hungarian Army 1920-1945
Nigel Thomas & Laszlo Szabo - The Royal Hungarian Army in World War II
Jozo Tomasevich - War and revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: occupation and collaboration

Reference material on this unit

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