Henrik Werth

Henrik Werth (26 December 1881 – 28 May 1952) was a Hungarian military officer, who served as Chief of Army Staff during World War II.

Henrik Werth was born in Rezsőháza, Hungary (Knićanin, today in Serbia), on 26 December 1881.

He became a military cadet in the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1897 in Vienna, and rapidly advanced in rank during World War I.

Werth continued serving after the fall of the communist regime, being promoted to colonel in 1920, and to major general in 1926.

He was later dismissed from his post because of making a promise to the Germans that all Hungarian Army units would be available to them (without the permission of Regent Miklós Horthy).