Engineer Geniuses: Lieutenant General Elemér Szederjei

Abstract

The professional military career of Szederjei Elemér progressed at a usual pace, without any major obstacles, even though he had to endure hardships in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Theatres of the First World War and in the turbulent interwar period. His field of expertise was primarily – but not exclusively – fortification. He built fortification in Sarajevo, in the Southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Pola, Croatia and in the valleys of the Uzh River, in Ukraine. His outstanding professional preparedness and his uncompromising loyalty to his homeland greatly helped him in being promoted to higher ranks.