{"id":439,"date":"2025-12-22T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=439"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:32:47","slug":"the-battle-for-budapest-part-1-episode-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"The Battle for Budapest, Part 1\u2014Episode 90"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Budapest lay athwart the main entry route to Austria and Bohemia. It was the main railway hub of the region and also the largest Danubian port. The Red Army could not bypass it. This was the first time in the war that the Red Army had to lay siege to a major city.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Red Army assaults the capital of nazi Germany\u2019s final remaining partner in the Second World War. The war appears to be almost lost\u2014but that\u2019s seen through hindsight. No one at the time knew that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/battle-for-part-146037435\">Support on Patreon and watch the video!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smartlink.ausha.co\/beyond-barbarossa-the-eastern-front-of-world-war-2\/the-battle-for-budapest-part-1-episode-90\">Listen to the audio version for free.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map 1: The Eastern Front, December 1944<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/siuiimckexy2m8rw\/1943Dec2_1944Apr20.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1943Dec2_1944Apr20.jpg\" style=\"width:500px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map 2: Germany\u2019s eastern and western fronts, 1 December 1944<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/de8mb8jxmpij2ifz\/BattlefrontAtlas1944-12-01.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BattlefrontAtlas1944-12-01.jpeg\" style=\"width:450px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map 3: The Petsamo-Kirkenes operation in northern Finland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/5twhqt5mq5bcjwtf\/Petsamo-Kirkenes.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Petsamo-Kirkenes.jpeg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map 4: The Red Army attacks Budapest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/5pzty46648gbingb\/Hungary-1944.jpeg?resize=550%2C332&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hungary-1944.jpeg\" width=\"550\" height=\"332\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operation Konrad II<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/uhd8egf3383idya9\/operation-konrad-ALcetron.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"operation-konrad-ALcetron.jpeg\" style=\"width:450px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/skg92ag623t9qqiu\/Michael1Romania.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Michael1Romania.jpeg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mihai I, King of Romania, 1944\u20131947<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/vucrs9es9pah99hb\/HOrthyHorseback.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"HOrthyHorseback.jpeg\" style=\"width:450px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Miklos Horthy, Regent of Hungary<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/24ehjburt2vrdt3k\/HorthyMiklosJr1935.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"HorthyMiklosJr1935.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6684571769621008;width:188px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Miklos Horthy Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/sp9dmnk4kzsb6w63\/ferenc-szlasi.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ferenc-szlasi.jpeg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7509408899712199;width:297px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ference Szalasi, nazi dictator of Hungary, 1944\u20131945<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/id4f9yh3bsmnq63t\/Veesenmayer.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Veesenmayer.jpeg\" style=\"width:239px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Edmund Veesenmayer, Hitler\u2019s \u201cSpecial Envoy\u201d to Hungary, 1944\u20131945<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/7nxm43hu2yeir5tq\/Pfeffer-Wildenbruch.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pfeffer-Wildenbruch.jpeg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"firstHeading\"><em>SS-Obergruppenf\u00fchrer Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, commander of IX SS Mountain Corps<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historical photos: Fighting in Budapest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/e4avm47e38hudsfg\/Budapest-Operation-Battle-Throwing-Grenades-768x551.jpeg?resize=250%2C179&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Budapest-Operation-Battle-Throwing-Grenades-7...\" width=\"250\" height=\"179\">&nbsp;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/kasub8e4nxzuepth\/RedArmySoldiersBudapest.jpeg?resize=250%2C162&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RedArmySoldiersBudapest.jpeg\" width=\"250\" height=\"162\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/bj9jueij9a4va5qx\/RedArmyArtilleryBudapest1944.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RedArmyArtilleryBudapest1944.jpeg\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" 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New York, NY, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 2012.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evan Mawdsley,<em>&nbsp;Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941\u20131945.&nbsp;<\/em>London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony Tucker-Jones,&nbsp;<em>Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin\u2019s War, 1941\u20131945<\/em>. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morse code by Thane Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music composed and recorded by Nicolas Bury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Budapest lay athwart the main entry route to Austria and Bohemia. It was the main railway hub of the region and also the largest Danubian port. The Red Army could not bypass it. 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