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Budapest, Hungary 1945-01-06 (10 others)

Overview:

By 6 January 1945, the main elements of Major-General Grigory Lazlo's 30th Rifle Corps. 7th Army, of Marshal Rodion Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian Front had pushed into the Újpest and Rákospalota areas just north of the central part of Budapest, on the Pest side of the city. Their main goal was to split the Axis defensive line where two of the primary German defenders, Panzergrenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle and Panzer-Division 13, were joined, and then drive toward the city center. To accomplish this, 25th Guards Rifle Division would push south against elements of the Feldherrnhalle around the Magdolnavárosi (today Angyalföld) railyards, while further to the southwest, 151st and 155th Rifle Divisions of the 30th Rifle Corps would push south toward the Zugló area against Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93. The primary terrain feature where the two German defenders met was the Rákosrendezo marshaling yard, anchored at its southern end by the Rákorendezo railway station. Located just south of the Rákos-patak, a natural stream that ran from the hills outside of Budapest into the Danube, the railway station became the primary target of the three Soviet divisions when they launched a series of concentrated attacks beginning that morning.

Defender: German (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93, Panzer-Division 13)  

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