Gusztáv Jány

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Gusztáv Vitéz Jány
Born	(1883-10-21)21 October 1883 Rajka, Austria-Hungary
Died	26 November 1947(1947-11-26) (aged 64) Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary (1905-1918) Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1943)
Service/branch	Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army
Years of service	1905–43
Rank	Colonel General
Unit	I Corps Second Army
Battles/wars	World War I World War II  • First Battle of Voronezh  • Battle of Stalingrad  • Second Battle of Voronezh
Awards	Iron Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Colonel General Vitéz^[a] Gusztáv Jány (born Gusztáv Hautzinger; 21 October 1883 in Rajka, Kingdom of Hungary; died 26 November 1947 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian officer during World War II 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.^[1]

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• Hungarian Gold Medal of Bravery
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (March 31, 1943)

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