Stalingrad Redux

By 9 February, Soviet forces had succeeded inc capturing their primary objective wets of Castle Hill, the Budapest Railway Terminal. The next day, the Soviets continued their march toward the case of Castle Hill by crossing over the marshalling grounds and pushing on toward the area around Krisztina ter. …

1945-02-09

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By 9 February, Soviet forces had succeeded inc capturing their primary objective wets of Castle Hill, the Budapest Railway Terminal. The next day, the Soviets continued their march toward the case of Castle Hill by crossing over the marshalling grounds and pushing on toward the area around Krisztina ter. By this date, Axis defenses were centered around a number of ad hoc kampfgruppen supported by one primary German reserve unit. Located in the Nap-hegy area, the core of this group consisted of the remnants of one of the Wehrmacht’s better divisions, Panzer-Division “Feldherrnalle”. With the support of SS-Kavallerie Division 8 “Florian Geyer”, the German units were determined to hold out as long as possible.

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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