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In March 1945, just weeks from the end of World War 2 in Europe, Germany launched a desperate attack on the Eastern Front, with its last remaining reserve of tanks. The result was a battle involving more than 600,000 troops that has been almost totally forgotten in the histories of the war. This was Operation Spring Awakening, Germany’s last offensive of the second world war.

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0:00 - Intro
0:41 – Why Hungary?
1:46 - German and Soviet Plans
3:54 – The Attack Begins
5:49 – German Breakthroughs
9:48 – Tolbukhin’s Counterstroke
11:08 – 6th Army avoid encirclement challenge (impossible)
12:20 – Squarespace


Sources:

Aleksei Isaev & Maksim Kolomiets (trans. Stuart Britton), Tomb of the Panzerwaffe
Georg Maier, Drama between Budapest and Vienna
Earl Frederick Ziemke, Stalingrad to Berlin: the German defeat in the east

Music Credits:

"Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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