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Operation Konrad

Operation Konrad was the German-Hungarian effort to relieve the encircled garrison of Budapest during the Battle of Budapest in January 1945.^[1] The operation was divided into three parts:

• Operation Konrad I - 1 January 1945 - Led by IV SS Panzer Corps from Tata.^[2] Halted near Bicske.
• Operation Konrad II - 7 January 1945 - Led by IV SS Panzer Corps from Esztergom. Halted at Pilisszentkereszt.
• Operation Konrad III - 17 January 1945 - Led by IV SS Panzer Corps and III Panzer Corps from south of Budapest near Székesfehérvár.^[3] Attempt to encircle ten Soviet divisions. Halted south of Ercsi.

See also[edit]

• 1st Panzer Division - Part of relief force
• IV SS Panzer Corps - Part of relief force
• III Panzer Corps - Part of relief force
• IX SS Mountain Corps - Besieged in Budapest
• Hungarian Third Army - Besieged in Budapest

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External links[edit]

• Számvéber, Norbert (2015). The Sword Behind the Shield: A Combat History of the German Efforts to Relieve Budapest 1945 – Operation 'Konrad' I, II, III. Helion. ISBN 978-1-909982-19-2.

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