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Battles of World War II involving Hungary

  • Battle of UmanThe Wehrmacht advanced eastward in the initial weeks of Operation Barbarossa, defeating several Soviet mechanized corps at the Battle of Brody between 23 and…
  • Budapest offensiveThe Red Army occupied Bucharest on the 31st of August 1944. This action secured Romania for the Soviet Union and opened a path into Hungary.
  • Vienna offensiveJoseph Stalin reached an agreement with the Western Allies prior to April 1945 concerning the relative postwar political influence of each party in much of…
  • Battle of StalingradOn the 28th of June 1942, the German Army Group South began its attack into southern Russia. This offensive, code-named Case Blue, aimed to capture vital…
  • Case BlueAdolf Hitler stared at a map of the Caucasus in early 1942 and saw only one path to victory. The German war machine was choking on fuel shortages that…
  • Invasion of YugoslaviaOn the morning of the 27th of March 1941, a group of Yugoslav military officers executed a coup d'état in Belgrade. They forced Regent Prince Paul to resign…
  • Prague offensiveBy the beginning of May 1945, Germany had been decisively defeated by the coalition of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union.
  • Operation Spring AwakeningOn the 12th of January 1945, Adolf Hitler received confirmation that the Soviet Red Army had begun a massive winter offensive through Poland.
  • Operation BagrationOn the 22nd of June 1944, the Red Army attacked Army Group Centre in Byelorussia. This offensive occurred just over two weeks after Operation Overlord began…
  • Dnieper–Carpathian offensiveThe Dnieper, Carpathian offensive began on the 24th of December 1943 and stretched until early May 1944. It involved almost 3,500,000 troops from both sides…
  • Second Battle of KharkovOn the 7th of November 1941, Joseph Stalin declared that German forces would collapse by spring or summer. This speech set a dangerous tone for Soviet…
  • Siege of BudapestOn the 19th of March 1944, German forces launched Operation Margarethe to enter Hungary. This preemptive strike occurred as political pressure mounted within…