Battle of the Transdanubian Hills
1945 battle of WWII between Bulgaria and Nazi Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of the Transdanubian Hills (also known in Bulgaria as the Drava Operation (Bulgarian: Дравска операция, Dravska operatsiya)) was a defensive operation of the Bulgarian First Army during Bulgaria's participation in World War II against German Wehrmacht forces, who were trying to capture the north bank of the Drava river as part of Operation Spring Awakening.
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Part of World War II | |||||||
Planned German attacks for Operation Spring Awakening | |||||||
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Bulgaria Soviet Union Yugoslavia Italy | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Vladimir Stoychev Mikhail Sharokhin[1] Kosta Nađ Mario Robotti Giacomo Carboni |
Maximilian de Angelis Werner von Erdmannsdorff | ||||||
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Bulgarian 1st Army Soviet 57th Army Yugoslav 3rd Army Italian 2nd Army |
2nd Panzer Army LXXXXI Corps | ||||||
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2,500 | 10,000 |
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Combat in the Transdanubian Hills lasted from 6 to 21 March 1945. The German attacks failed to achieve their objectives and were then eclipsed by the large-scale Soviet offensive from the area of Lake Balaton to Vienna.