A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube. The 52-day-long siege of Budapest witnessed some of the most destructive urban fighting of the war. The Transdanubia region was strategically vital to Nazi Germany for its raw materials and industry, and because of the bridgehead it allowed into Austria. As a result, Hitler declared Budapest a fortress city in early December 1944. The battle for the city pitted 90,000 German and Hungarian troop Siege of Budapest 1944-45 - Balázs Mihályi, Johnny Shumate (Ilustrátor) od authora Balázs Mihályi, Johnny Shumate (Ilustrátor) a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.