siege of Budapest

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties high
over 80,000
gptkbp:civilianCasualties significant
estimated 38,000
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Romania
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Hungary_(Kingdom_of_Hungary,_1920–1946)
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Rodion_Malinovsky
gptkb:Fedor_Tolbukhin
gptkb:Karl_Pfeffer-Wildenbruch
gptkb:Iván_Hindy
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:describes A major battle in which Soviet and Romanian forces encircled and captured Budapest from German and Hungarian defenders.
gptkbp:endDate 1945-02-13
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Vienna_Offensive
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label siege of Budapest
gptkbp:location gptkb:Budapest
gptkbp:notableEvent urban warfare
encirclement
destruction of city infrastructure
mass civilian suffering
breakout attempt
surrender of German and Hungarian forces
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Ernst_von_Leyser
gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:Béla_Miklós
gptkb:Géza_Lakatos
gptkb:Semyon_Timoshenko
gptkb:Vasily_Chuikov
gptkb:Miklós_Horthy
gptkb:Ferenc_Szálasi
gptkb:Gustav_Anton_von_Wietersheim
gptkb:József_Heszlényi
gptkb:László_Deák
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Debrecen
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkb:Red_Army
gptkb:Budapest_Offensive
gptkb:Operation_Konrad
gptkb:Hungarian_Second_Army
gptkb:Budapest_Garrison
gptkb:Soviet_2nd_Ukrainian_Front
gptkb:Soviet_3rd_Ukrainian_Front
Hungarian capital
gptkbp:result Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance One of the bloodiest sieges of World War II
gptkbp:startDate 1944-12-29
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Budapest
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6