Red Banner Days

With the arrival of the 297th Rifle Division to their south, the regiments of the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division were able to shorten the width of their front lines in order to bring additional pressure on the Axis units defending the blocks on the north side of Olasz fasor. …

1945-01-26

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With the arrival of the 297th Rifle Division to their south, the regiments of the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division were able to shorten the width of their front lines in order to bring additional pressure on the Axis units defending the blocks on the north side of Olasz fasor. Supported by the recent arrival of the 5th Guards Tank Corps’ 21st Guards Tank Brigade with its T-34/85s, the Soviets were preparing to push toward the west bank of the Danube just north of the Ganz Works. On 25 January, the Soviets were tipped off to an impending Axis counterattack when several POWs made it known that elements of Panzer-Division 13 would be attacking the next day. The new Soviet plan was to meet this attack head on, but first they would have to get by Lt. Kunfalvi’s 3rd Company of the Vannay Battalion headquartered in the Cartographic Institute located at the corner of Olasz fasor and Ezredes utca.

Budapest, Hungary

The Siege of Budapest or Battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet and Romanian forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II. Part of the broader Budapest Offensive, the siege began when Budapest, defended by Hungarian and German troops, was first encircled on 26 December 1944 by the Red Army and the Romanian Army. During the siege, about 38,000 civilians died through starvation or military action. The city unconditionally surrendered on 13 February 1945. It was a strategic victory for the Allies in their push towards Berlin.

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