November 1944

Eastern Front

The 53rd Army ot the 2nd Ukrainian Front breaks the 6th Army positions around Eger and captures the town. The Russian forces then press on toward Miskolc but German resistance is severe.

Despite a rise in strength to 5,202 panzers (facing 14,000 Soviet tanks), the fuel situation throughout the Reich has reached catastrophic proportions. Significant elements of the Luftwaffe have been grounded and the mobile divisions of the army are forced to rely on horse drawn transportion. The Allied combined bomber offensive has wreaked havoc among oil production facilities and the capture of the Ploesti oilfields in Romania sever a major source of oil. Only Hungary's oilfields are left and are already threatened by the Soviet advance.

German divisional strength stands as 21 panzer, 11 panzer grenadier and 107 infantry divisions. Hungarian strength is 15 divisions and 3 brigades.