Battle for Budapest : 100 Days in World War II
The battle of Budapest in the bleak winter of 1944-45 was one of the longest and bloodiest city sieges of the Second World War. From the appearance of the first Soviet tanks on the outskirts of the capital to the capture of Buda castle 102 days elapsed. In terms of human trauma, it comes second only to Stalingrad, comparisons to which were even being made by soldiers fighting at the time. The battle for Budapest raged over the heads of 800,000 non-combatants, no-one was evacuated: 38,000 Hungarian civilians perished. The Battle for Budapest is the classic and definitive study of the siege. Kri
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Cover ; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Map Legend; Preface; Introduction: Hungary and the Second World War; I Prelude; II The Encirclement; III The Siege, 26 December 1944-11 February 1945; IV Relief Attempts; V The Break-out; VI The Siege and the Population; VII Epilogue; Tables; Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; People Index; Place Index