1st Parachute Battalion (Hungary)

Unit of the Royal Hungarian Army November 2019 May 2026 1st Parachute Battalion File:Magyar_Királyi_Honvédség_Ejtőernyős_Jelvény_bronz_változat.jpg Royal Hungarian army parachutist badge 1 October 1939 - 1945 Kingdom of Hungary Royal Hungarian Army Paratrooper Battalion World War II Invasion of Yugoslavia Budapest Offensive Siege of Budapest Captain Vitéz Bertalan The 1st Parachute Battalion was a unit of the Royal Hungarian Army that was formed on 1 October 1939.Boda József 2017 Military Parachute History of Hungary https://www.uni-nke.hu/document/uni-nke-hu/aarms-2017-1-02-boda.original.pdf Academic and Applied Research in Military and Public Management Science 16 1 17–27 It participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.Niehorster 2013 During the Siege of Budapest, the battalion suffered a 40% casualty rate and lost another 10% of its soldiers during the withdrawal.https://launch.battlefront.co.nz/4140/ Hungarian Paratroopers in WW2 – The Szent Lászlo Division – Late War Live Launch Website 14 June 2021 Notes References http://www.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/ww2/drleo/500_eto/_41-04_balkans.htm Balkan Operations Orders of Battle 5th April 1941 24 April 2014 Dr. Leo Niehorster 2013 Niehorster Dr. Leo dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140424064037/http://www.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/ww2/drleo/500_eto/_41-04_balkans.htm 24 April 2014 Category:Military units and formations of Hungary in World War II Category:Parachuting in Hungary Category:Military units and formations established in 1939 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945