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Budapest
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Budapest: The Stalingrad of the Waffen-SS
by Richard Landwehr
Merriam Press Siegrunen Monograph 2
- Fifth Edition (January 2012)
- 186 – 6 × 9 inch pages
- Paperback (ISBN 978-1468160055) — #SR2-P — $14.95
- PDF file on DVD disk by mail — #SR2-PDF — $4.99
- 101 photos
- 6 illustrations
- 4 maps
The battle for Budapest was the culmination of three and a half years of bitter, unequal struggle against Soviet Bolshevism and its capitalist allies.
The Waffen-SS troops involved constituted the backbone of the defensive effort and took the severest losses.
For IX SS Corps and the "Florian Geyer" and "Maria Theresia" Cavalry Divisions, Budapest was another Stalingrad. "Maria Theresia" in particular had the unfortunate distinction of being the only large formation of the Waffen-SS to be almost totally obliterated.
This work details the vicious struggle from beginning to end, a struggle in which 40,000 defenders tied up almost half a million Soviet combat and support troops, buying the Germans much needed time.
Contents
- Foreword
- Budapest: The City of the Unvanquished Heroes
- The Retreat from Eastern Hungary
- Development of the Budapest Defense Ring
- The SS Cavalry Division in the Karola Positions: November 1944
- The Budapest Bridgehead Takes Shape
- Budapest is Surrounded
- A Fight to the Finish: Budapest Will Not Surrender
- January 1945: The Hardest Month Imaginable
- The Final Struggle Begins
- Endkampf
- Breakout from Budapest
- The Formation of the SS-Totenkopf Reiterstandarten, 1939-1940
- Death of the Soviet Budapest Emissaries: Follow-up
- The Budapest Relief Attacks: Excerpts from the Diary of the 5th SS-Panzer Division “Wiking”, 2-12 January 1945
- Bibliography
Review by Julian E. M. Jones, Great Britain: I have just been for a week in Budapest (lovely city, lovely people including some of the most gorgeous women I've ever met) and it was very interesting to check out the streets that Richard Landwehr mentions in Budapest. The information he provides [in all his works] is simply exceptional, often covering subjects that other authors do not even mention!
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Siegrunen #79 edited by Richard Landwehr, published by Siegrunen/Merriam Press in hardcover, paperback and PDF editions.
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Budapest - the Stalingrad of the Waffen - SS
GARY BOATRIGHT
(Epsom, Surrey)
11/18/2009 8:33 AM
Factual and an interesting read which provides information not seen elsewhere in other history books.
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Landwehr at his best
Scott Shuford
(Monrovia, MD)
11/10/2008 7:14 PM
Outstanding account of Waffen-SS operations in the siege of Budapest. A worthy addition to the library of anyone with an interest in Waffen-SS combat performance in one of the war's less well known battles.
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