Crossing the Bloody Meadow

By February, elements from the Soviet 297th Rifle Division had successfully fought their way toward the Southern Railway Station. After two days of heavy fighting, infantry aided by Soviet armored units had isolated the area around the station and encircled the defending “Florian Geyer” squadrons. Because of the …

1945-02-08

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By February, elements from the Soviet 297th Rifle Division had successfully fought their way toward the Southern Railway Station. After two days of heavy fighting, infantry aided by Soviet armored units had isolated the area around the station and encircled the defending “Florian Geyer” squadrons. Because of the Deli Palyaudvar’s strategic importance as the last major fortified structure west of the Vermezo, the exhausted and malnourished German troops were ordered to hold their defensive positions as relief was on its way. On 8 February, one such relief attempt was made by a platoon from the Hungarian 102nd Chemical Warfare Battalion.

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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