Ibranyi, Mihaly

Date of birth:: December 5th, 1895 (Debrecen, Hungary)
Date of death:: October 19th, 1962 (Budapest, Hungary)
Nationality:: Hungarian (1920-1946, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotions:
August 1st, 1914: Zaszlos (Ensign);
March 15th, 1915: Hadnagy (2nd Lieutenant);
November 1st, 1920: Fohadnagy (1st Lieutenant);
November 1st, 1924: Szazados (Captain);
May 1st, 1934: Ornagy (Major);
November 1st, 1936: Alezredes (Lieutenant Colonel);
1940: Ezredes (Colonel);
1942: Vezerornagy (Brigadier-Generaal);
?: Taborhadnagy (Lieutenant General).

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Vezérornagy (Major General)
Unit:: Parancsnok, 1. Lovassagi Hadosztaly, VIII. Hadtest, 3. Magyar Hadsereg (Commander, 1st Cavalry Division, 8th Army Corps, 3rd Hungarian Army)
Awarded on:: November 26th, 1944

The following wartime excerpt describes why Ibrányi received the Knight’s Cross…

“The Bolsheviks captured Kecskemét and thereby directly threatened the capital city. In response Generalleutnant Ibrányi attacked the numerically superior enemy with elements of his Division and was able to recapture Kecskemét. In the subsequent heavy combat the Bolsheviks were thrown back to the Teiß river thanks to the general’s leadership at the foremost line.”