Operation Konrad

Operation Konrad was the German-Hungarian effort to relieve the encircled garrison of Budapest during the Battle of Budapest in January 1945.[1] The operation was divided into three parts:

• Operation Konrad I - 1 January 1945 - Led by IV SS Panzer Corps from Tata.[2] Halted near Bicske.
• Operation Konrad II - 7 January 1945 - Led by IV SS Panzer Corps from Esztergom. Halted at Pilisszentkereszt.
• Operation Konrad III - 17 January 1945 - Led by IV SS Panzer Corps and III Panzer Corps from south of Budapest near Székesfehérvár.[3] Attempt to encircle ten Soviet divisions. Halted south of Ercsi.

See also

• 1st Panzer Division - Part of relief force
• IV SS Panzer Corps - Part of relief force
• III Panzer Corps - Part of relief force
• IX SS Mountain Corps - Besieged in Budapest
• Hungarian Third Army - Besieged in Budapest

References

1. Mihályi, Balázs (2022-05-26). Siege of Budapest 1944–45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 57–71. ISBN 978-1-4728-4838-3.
2. Joseph, Frank (2012). The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe. ABC-CLIO. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-313-39590-1.
3. Cornelius, Deborah S. (2011). Hungary in World War II: Caught in the Cauldron. Fordham Univ Press. pp. 370–371. ISBN 978-0-8232-3343-4.

External links

• Számvéber, Norbert (2015). The Sword Behind the Shield: A Combat History of the German Efforts to Relieve Budapest 1945 – Operation 'Konrad' I, II, III. Helion. ISBN 978-1-909982-19-2.