commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit battles birth_date rank image article_title name
hungarian third army budapest , kingdom of hungary yes 16 october 1944 1 august 1886 arad -rrb- , kingdom of hungary -lrb- now in romania austria-hungary kingdom of hungary austria-hungary 23px hungarian soviet republic kingdom of hungary fourth second army home defence brigade , fifth brigade , hungarian world war i world war ii yes 1 august 1886 colonel general csataylajos.jpg lajos csatay
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lajos csatay

vitéz lajos csatay de csataj -lrb- born as `` lajos tutzentaller '' in 1 august 1886 -- 16 october 1944 -rrb- was a hungarian military officer and politician , who served as minister of defence between 1943 and 1944 .
he fought in the first world war then he joined to the hungarian red army to fight against the rebel nationalities .
between 1919 and 1921 he was a teacher of the military academy of budapest .
from 1926 he was a commander of miscellaneous brigades .
in 1943 he became commander of the hungarian third army .
miklós kállay appointed him as minister of defence in june 1943 .
initially he supported the nazis and the continuation of the war .
later his opinion changed continuously .
after the replacement of the sztójay administration he kept his position .
the new prime minister géza lakatos ' real aim was jumping out of the war .
the cabinet wanted to initiate peace negotiations with the allies .
miklós horthy moved to reconsolidate his influence and began considering strategies for surrendering to the western allies because he deeply distrusted the red army .
the attempted coup was not successful .
horthy was captured by edmund veesenmayer and his staff later on 15 october and taken to the waffen ss office , where he was held overnight .
lajos csatay was captured by the gestapo ; as a result he committed suicide along with his wife .
