11th Infantry Brigade (Hungary)

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11th Infantry Brigade
Hungarian: 11. könnyű hadosztály
Active1940–43
Disbanded10 August 1943
Country Kingdom of Hungary
BranchRoyal Hungarian Army
TypeInfantry
SizeBrigade

The 11th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.[1]

Invasion of Yugoslavia[]

The 11th Infantry Brigade, in particular, attacked Baranya and occupied it by 11 April, while the rest of the Third Army occupied Bacska by 14 April.[1]

Organisation[]

11th Infantry Brigade

1 March 1940 to 16 February 1942

11th Light Division

17 February 1942 to 10 August 1943[α]

8th Infantry Regiment

38th Infantry Regiment

11th Artillery Regiment

Notes[]

  1. ^ disbanded on 10 August 1943

References[]

  1. ^ a b Thomas & Szabo 2008, p. 14.
  • Thomas, Nigel; Szabo, Laszlo (2008). The Royal Hungarian Army in World War II. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-324-7.


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