Derbercen, Hungary

MEETlNG ENGAGEMENT: DERBERCEN, HUNGARY (12/10/44) Occasionally during the desperate weeks of autumn, 1944. German panzer units found themselves able and willing to strike back at the Russian onslaught, Armeegruppe Woehler, reinforced by fresh units from Budapest, pocketed Cavalry Mechanlzed Group "Pliyev" near Debrecen. The 6th Guards Tank Army struck back resulting in one of the wildest melees of the war.

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MEETING ENGAGEMENT: DERBERCEN, HUNGARY (12/10/44) Occasionally during the desperate weeks of autumn, 1944. German panzer units found themselves able and willing to strike back at the Russian onslaught, Armeegruppe Woehler, reinforced by fresh units from Budapest, pocketed Cavalry Mechanized Group "Pliyev" near Debrecen. The 6th Guards Tank Army struck back resulting in one of the wildest melees of the war.

Derbercen, Hungary

The Battle of Debrecen, called by the Red Army the Debrecen Offensive Operation, was a battle taking place 6–29 October 1944 on the Eastern Front during World War II. The offensive was conducted by the 2nd Ukrainian Front under Marshal Rodion Malinovsky. It was opposed by General Maximilian Fretter-Pico's German Sixth Army (II formation) and the allied Hungarian VII Army Corps of Army Group South Ukraine. The Axis units were forced to retreat some 160 kilometers, while opposing the 2nd Ukrainian Front which had Debrecen in Hungary as its strategic objective.

Wikipedia: Battle of Debrecen

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