Armoured operations north of the River Danube, Hungary 1944-1945 * A
very important new study that throws much-needed light on armoured warfare on
the Eastern Front during the final months of the war
Days of Battle describes a hitherto
neglected part of the military history of Hungary during
Second World War. In three separate studies, Dr Norbert Számvéber, drawing from
files and documentation from German, Hungarian and Soviet sources, presents
detailed accounts of four important clashes of German-Hungarian and Soviet
armour north of the river Danube, in the southern territory of the historical
Upper Hungary (part of Hungary between 1938 and 1945, at the present time now
part of Slovakia).
The first is an account of the battle between the Ipoly and Garam
rivers during the second half of December 1944, in which the élite Hungarian
Division Szent László saw action for the first time. The second study is about
the fierce tank battle of Komárom, fought between 6th–22nd January 1945. This
was an integral part of the Battle for Budapest, parallel in time
with Operation Konrad. The third part of the book describes the combat during
the German Operation Südwind in February 1945 and the Soviet attack launched in
the direction of Bratislava in March
1945.
