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Siege of Budapest

Siege of Budapest
A Soviet soldier writing "Budapest" in Russian on a signpost after the siege
Military Conflict
ConflictSiege of Budapest
Date29 December, 1944 - 13 February, 1945
LocationBudapest, Hungary
ResultSoviet-Romanian victory
Nazi Germany Germany
Hungary Hungary
Soviet Union
Romania Romania
Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch 
Hungary Iván Hindy 
Nazi Germany Gerhard Schmidhuber 
Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky
Soviet Union Fyodor Tolbukhin
Romania Feodor Tulas
180,000 (90,000 for city defense)
500,000+ (170,000 for city assault)
99,000-150,000 dead wounded and captured
Soviet Losses:
80,026 dead and missing
240,056 wounded and sick
40,000 civilians dead

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The Siege of Budapest centered on the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It was fought towards the end of World War II in Europe, during the Soviet Budapest Offensive. The siege started when Budapest, defended by Hungarian and German troops, was first encircled on 29 December 1944 by the Red Army and the Romanian Army. The siege ended when the city unconditionally surrendered on 13 February 1945. The besieging Soviet forces were part of Rodion Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian Front. Formations that actually took part in the fighting appear to have included the 53rd Army, 7th Guards Army and portions of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, including the 46th Army. Arrayed against the Soviets was a collection of German Army (Heer), Waffen-SS, and Hungarian Army (Honvédség) forces. The Siege of Budapest was one of the bloodiest of World War II.


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