October 1944

Eastern Front

The 46th Army attacks the 3rd Hungarian Army before Kecskemet. The 7th Guards Army also attacks across the Tizsa and smashes through the 6th Army. Initial progress is encouraging.

The German 8th Army, aided by the III Panzer Corps, fights its way free of the Nyireghaza salient. Heavy fighting with Group Pliev results in 25,000 Soviet casualties and 600 tanks lost.