Elemér Gorondy-Novák

The native form of this personal name is Gorondy-Novák Elemér. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Elemér Gorondy-Novák (Novák; 23 February 1885 – 14 May 1954) was a Hungarian military officer, who served as commander of the Hungarian Third Army during the Second World War.

Elemér Gorondy-Novák
Gorondy-Novák in 1940
Born	(1885-02-23)23 February 1885 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	14 May 1954 (aged 69) Cosquin, Argentina
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Hungarian Soviet Republic Kingdom of Hungary
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	Hungarian Third Army
Battles / wars	World War I Hungarian-Romanian War World War II Balkan Campaign

Career

After the First World War he served as chief of staff of the First Division in the Hungarian Red Army. Later he joined to Miklós Horthy's counter-revolutionary National Army. He was promoted to general on 1 November 1934. Between 1 February 1935 and 1 October 1937 he served as commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. On 1 May 1938 he became lieutenant general and an observer of the acceleration forces, and since 31 December 1938, of the cavalry.

He was appointed commander of the Third Army on 1 March 1940. He commanded the army during the occupation of Vojvodina. He was promoted to cavalry general on 1 May 1941. He was deposed from the army commander position on 1 November 1941. He was retired on 1 February 1942. From 22 October 1942 he served as royal councillor. After the Second World War, Gorondy-Novák moved abroad, to Argentina, where he died in 1954

Trivia

Gorondy-Novák was called Goromba-Novák ("Rude-Novák") by his soldiers because of his strictness and rough style.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
• II. világháború - tények, képek, adatok

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