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István Náday

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István Náday
Born(1888-06-20)20 June 1888
Nagymihály, Kingdom of Hungary
Died30 January 1954(1954-01-30) (aged 65)
Balassagyarmat, People's Republic of Hungary
Allegiance
Years of service1908-1944
RankLieutenant-General
CommandsHungarian First Army
Battles / wars

István Náday (20 June 1888 – 30 January 1954) was a Hungarian military officer, who served as commander of the Hungarian First Army during the Second World War. He was appointed an infantry lieutenant at the Ludovika Academy in 1908, and served in the Red Army in the First World War. After the war, he was a military academy professor, and worked his way up to general, then eventually commander-in-chief.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Náday István | Magyar életrajzi lexikon | Kézikönyvtár". www.arcanum.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-07-10.
Military offices
Preceded by
Lieutenant-General István Schweitzer
Commander of the Hungarian First Army
1 August 1942 – 1 April 1944
Succeeded by
Lieutenant-General Géza Lakatos