Operation Konrad Explained

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

External links

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

Notes and References

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