Miksa Nagyszombathy

Steen Ammentorp · Post by **Steen Ammentorp** » 13 Feb 2003 17:45

Does anyone know whether former Deputy Honvéd Minister Lieutenant-Field Marshal Field Miksa Nagyszombathy served in any capacity during WWII? Or was he retired in 1939?

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

AJK · Post by **AJK** » 15 Feb 2003 09:46

Hi Steen,

General Nagyszombathy did not serve in any military capacity during WWII. He may have acted in some advisory capacity, but not on an official basis.

Regards,

AJK

Steen Ammentorp · Post by **Steen Ammentorp** » 19 Feb 2003 14:58

AJK,

As always! Thank you very much. I assume that he was retired then.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

AJK · Post by **AJK** » 24 Feb 2003 15:18

Hi Steen,

Yes, he retired on 1 November 1937.

Best wishes,

AJK

Steen Ammentorp · Post by **Steen Ammentorp** » 24 Feb 2003 16:05

Hi AJK,

Once again thank you. I’ve a small question which puzzle me. It seem reasonably that he was retired when he ended his tour as Inspector of Infantry on 1st November 1937, however I’ve always understood that the Deputy Honvéd Minister was a serving general, and Niehorster has him as Deputy Minister from November 1939 until sometime 1939.

Have I misunderstood the position of the Deputy minister – didn’t necessarily have to be an active general?

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

AJK · Post by **AJK** » 24 Feb 2003 20:55

Hi Steen,

You are correct that the Deputy Honvéd Minister was a senior serving General. I don’t know where Dr. Niehorster got his information about General Nagyszombathy, but his name does not appear in the 1938 or 1940 rank lists which I have in my archives (unfortunately not the 1939 list). Moreover, Dr. Sándor Szakály, in his excellent book “A magyar katonai felsö vezetés 1938 – 1945”, which provides biographies of all the senior Hungarian Generals of the 1938 - 1945 period, does not include Nagyszombathy, which would not make sense if he indeed had served as Deputy Honvéd Minister, albeit for a short duration in 1939.

Best wishes,

AJK

Steen Ammentorp · Post by **Steen Ammentorp** » 25 Feb 2003 19:03

Thanks - Glad to know that I wasn´t completely off.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II