In particular, in order to implement the Ardennes Campaign, the German army mobilized a large number of elite troops to counterattack the Allied forces on the Western Front, thus reducing the pressure on the Soviet Army on the Eastern Front. Starting from January 13, 1945, the So

As the Allied forces landed in Normandy, successfully opened up a second battlefield, and the German army fell into a quagmire of two-front warfare. In particular, in order to implement the Ardennes Campaign , the German army mobilized a large number of elite troops to counterattack the Allied forces on the Western Front, thereby reducing the pressure on the Soviet Army on the Eastern Front. Starting from January 13, 1945, the Soviet Belarus 2nd and 3rd Fronts and Baltic Sea Coastal 1st Front, with the cooperation of Baltic Fleet , carried out the East Prussian Campaign , which severely damaged the East Prussia and Poland German troops in the north. After the German army lost East Prussia, it lost an important national economic zone. Moreover, 25 German divisions were wiped out and 12 divisions were severely damaged, which greatly weakened the already stretched troops.

After the Soviet army captured East Prussia, the Baltic Fleet transferred its combat power to the southwestern Baltic Sea, destroying the German sea lines of communication. On January 18, the Soviet army captured Pest, east of Budapest . By the end of January, the Battle of Budapest had turned into a desperate battle for the Germans: the meager air supplies were almost completely interrupted, and the guns in the hands of the soldiers were useless due to lack of ammunition. A German soldier said sarcastically: "We are like knights in the Middle Ages brandishing unloaded rifles, using them as spears to poke at the Russians ." Fatigue, disease and malnutrition began to spread on the front lines and civilians took refuge. Spread in the center. The morale of the Hungarian army was also shaken, and a large number of soldiers began to drop their weapons and flee towards the Soviet positions. When the battle reached this level, the German army had no hope of victory, but Hitler just refused to let the German army break through.

You must know that the German troops guarding Budapest were mainly the SS and the elite "Commander Hall" armored division, which were elite troops in Hitler's hands. But Hitler just refused to let them break out of the encirclement. He wanted them to make unnecessary sacrifices in Budapest, which would at most only consume the Soviet army's effective strength. In this case, the garrison commander Weidenbruch SS-General disobeyed Hitler's orders and ordered a breakout on February 11. But it was too late. In the end, only 785 of the more than 70,000 defenders escaped from the encirclement, and the elite troops guarding Budapest were completely wiped out. At this time, the fascists have been retreating steadily, and the situation of inevitable defeat cannot be changed. Follow me and let you know the beginning and end of World War II. Cherish peace, we are not born in a peaceful era, but we are born in a peaceful country!