How Budapest was liberated. On October 29, 1944, the attack operation began in Budapest. Why, of all the European capitals conquered by the Red Army, did Budapest take the first place in terms of the duration of the battles? number. Save Budapest at all costs. This was Hitler's order. While the rest of Hungary was important to the Germans for its oil, Budapest was the industrial center. Naturally, the city was of particular military and political value. Three times the Germans tried to break through a corridor into the besieged Budapest, but not so that its garrison would leave, but on the contrary, to saturate it with new forces. Siege and attack on Budapest. Every house in the capital of Hungary became a fortress, and all its districts became fortresses. The Germans threw everyone they could into their defense, including Hungarians from the disbanded army, but supported the local Nazi party "Arrow Cross". It was the intense street fighting that became a feature of the battles for Budapest. “Drive the enemy under the roof. " This Russian neologism appeared during the attack on the Hungarian capital: assault groups of the Red Army cleared enemy positions, climbed from the basement to the attic. The evacuation of Budapest from the Germans was supported by artillery, which fired direct fire at their positions, but with the mission of leaving the city as unscathed as possible. The liberation of Budapest and the defeat of the German group you defended not only completely deprived Hitler of Hungarian oil, but also accelerated the Nazi retreat from the Balkans and gave the Red Army an opportunity to launch an offensive against Czechoslovakia and Austria.

How Budapest was liberated. On October 29, 1944, the attack operation began in Budapest. Why, of all the European capitals conquered by the Red Army, did Budapest take the first place in terms of the duration of the battles? number. Save Budapest at all costs. This was Hitler's order. While the rest of Hungary was important to the Germans for its oil, Budapest was the industrial center. Naturally, the city was of particular military and political value. Three times the Germans tried to break through a corridor into the besieged Budapest, but not so that its garrison would leave, but on the contrary, to saturate it with new forces. Siege and attack on Budapest. Every house in the capital of Hungary became a fortress, and all its districts became fortresses. The Germans threw everyone they could into their defense, including Hungarians from the disbanded army, but supported the local Nazi party "Arrow Cross". It was the intense street fighting that became a feature of the battles for Budapest. “Drive the enemy under the roof. " This Russian neologism appeared during the attack on the Hungarian capital: assault groups of the Red Army cleared enemy positions, climbed from the basement to the attic. The evacuation of Budapest from the Germans was supported by artillery, which fired direct fire at their positions, but with the mission of leaving the city as unscathed as possible. The liberation of Budapest and the defeat of the German group you defended not only completely deprived Hitler of Hungarian oil, but also accelerated the Nazi retreat from the Balkans and gave the Red Army an opportunity to launch an offensive against Czechoslovakia and Austria.