Riding with the King

After three weeks of constant movement, the 2nd Ukrainian Front’s Debrecen attack bogged down. Large Red Army formations were encircled, and Hungary was committed to remain Germany’s last European ally. Trapped near Nagykallo, the VII Mechanized Corps attempted to find a way out of the closing ring, but …

1944-10-25

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After three weeks of constant movement, the 2nd Ukrainian Front’s Debrecen attack bogged down. Large Red Army formations were encircled, and Hungary was committed to remain Germany’s last European ally. Trapped near Nagykallo, the VII Mechanized Corps attempted to find a way out of the closing ring, but found only Paul Klatt’s Gebirgs-Division 3. This veteran unit arrived in the area only the night before and established defensive positions among the fields surrounding the town. With crack sharpshooters settled on the rooftops and Panzer reinforcements on the way, Klatt’s mountain men prepared to stop the morning escape attempt.

Nagykallo, 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.

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