Operation Southwind

Operation Südwind
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date17–24 February 1945
Location
Nitra Region, Hungary (Now Slovakia)
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Hans Kreysing
(8. Armee)		 Soviet Union Mikhail Shumilov
(7th Guards Army )

Operation Southwind (German: Unternehmen Südwind) was a German offensive operation on the Eastern Front in Hungary,[a] from 17–24 February 1945. The Germans succeeded in eliminating the Soviet bridgehead on the west bank of the river Hron in preparation for Operation Spring Awakening. This was one of the last successful German offensives in the Second World War.
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