Nagykanizsa–Körmend offensive

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Nagykanizsa–Körmend offensive
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date26 March – 15 April 1945
Location
Western Hungary
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 Bulgaria
 Soviet Union
Yugoslav Partisans
 Germany
Independent State of Croatia Croatia
Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Vladimir Stoychev
Soviet Union Mikhail Sharokhin
Josip Broz Tito
Nazi Germany Otto Wöhler
Strength
1st Army
57th Army

Unknown
2nd Panzer Army

The Nagykanizsa–Körmend offensive carried out between 26 March and 15 April 1945 was part of the

Hungarian and Croatian[citation needed]) forces defending the KisbajomNagykorpádNagyatádHeresznye defensive line north of the Drava river and west of Lake Balaton.[1]

The objective of the operation was to cut the Axis access to the oil wells and fuel processing plants in the

Mura river linked to the western shore of the lake. The German reference to this operation is the "Budapest front".[2]

The bulk of the forces for the operation consisted of the

Yugoslav partisans
.

The primary opponents on this sector of the front was the 2nd Panzer Army which included the LXVIII and XXII Mountain Corps.

After the successful

Yastrebtzi
line and remained there until 7 May.

On 7 May they resumed advance which soon became a pursuit of fleeing enemy and the capture of the remnants of the Wehrmacht and Hungarian troops. By 13 May 1945, the Bulgarian 1st Army reached the Austrian Alps in the Klagenfurt area where they met the British Eighth Army.

References

  1. ^ p.91, Bishop
  2. ^ p.772, per Colonel Werncke, former deputy G-4 of the 6th SS Panzer Army, in The Employment of the 6th SS Panzer Army in Hungary and Austria from February to May 1945 (manuscript), Glantz D. Colonel (ed.), 1986 Art of War symposium, From the Vistula to the Oder: Soviet Offensive Operations – October 1944 – March 1945, A transcript of Proceedings, Center for Land Warfare, US Army War College, 19–23 May 1986
  3. ^ Bulgarian Armed Forces of World War II
  4. US Army War College
    , 19–23 May 1986

Sources

  • David Glantz
    (ed.), 1986 Art of War symposium, From the Vistula to the Oder: Soviet Offensive Operations – October 1944 – March 1945, A transcript of Proceedings, Center for Land Warfare, US Army War College, 19–23 May 1986