January 1945

Eastern Front

The 6th Guards Tank Army and 7th Guards Army launch a major attack along the Hron and gain a bridgehead. A German counterattack recaptures Esztergom on the south bank of the Danube. In the Pest bridgehead the 22nd SS Cavalry Division abandons Soroksar. Soviet forces are able to bring the Racecourse airfield under intense arty fire and puts it out of action.

Churchill inquires if Stalin can bring forward his forthcoming offensive in Poland to draw some of the pressure off the Allied forces in the Ardennes. Stalin orders the Vistula-Oder operation be brought forward from the 20th to the 12th of January.