Siege of Budapest
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siege-of-budapest-212-1843108
title:
Siege of Budapest
text:
The siege of Budapest or battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet and Romanian forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II. Part of the broader Budapest Offensive, the siege began when Budapest, defended by Hungarian and German troops, was encircled on 26 December 1944 by the Red Army and the Romanian Army. During the siege, about 38,000 civilians died through starvation, military action, and mass executions of Jews by the far-right Hungarian na
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1944–45 battle in the Eastern Front of World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Budapest
date created:
2005-09-07T09:43:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T09:54:37Z
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