The Sword Behind the Shield: A Combat History of the German Efforts to Relieve Budapest 1945 - Operation 'Konrad' I, III, III

The history of the Hungarian theatre of war from late August 1944 to the end of March 1945 is a special chapter of the history of the Eastern Front during World War II. Nonetheless, this was the first phase of a period of intense combat, as Adolf Hitler and the German High Command planned the relief of the Hungarian capital.