German King Tiger World War II (2) Command Version Photo. Czechoslovakia 1945

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German King Tiger World War II (2) Command Version Photo. Czechoslovakia 1945.
Pictured is a Tiger two command tank that appears to have been stuck. This picture comes from the last major German battles of the war, the Lake Balaton defensiveoperation. Below is some info on the battle.
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Operation Spring Awakening
(
German
:
Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen
) was the last major German offensive of
World War II
. The operation was referred to in
Germany
as the
Plattensee offensive
and in the
Soviet Union
as the
Balaton defensive operation
. It took place in
Western Hungary
on the
Eastern Front
and lasted from March 6 until March 15, 1945. The objective was to secure the last significant oil reserves still available to the European
Axis powers
and prevent the
Red Army
from advancing towards
Vienna
. It was a failure for Nazi Germany.
The operation, initially planned for March 5, began after German units were moved in great secrecy to the
Lake Balaton
(
German
:
Plattensee
) area. Many German units were involved, including the
6th Panzer Army
and its subordinate
Waffen-SS
divisions after being withdrawn from the
failed Ardennes offensive
on the
Western Front
. The Germans attacked in three prongs:
Frühlingserwachen
in the Balaton-
Lake Velence
-
Danube
area,
Eisbrecher
south of Lake Balaton, and
Waldteufel
south of the
Drava
-Danube triangle. The advance stalled on March 15, and on March 16 the Red Army and allied units began their delayed
Vienna offensive
.
Date
6–15 March 1945
Location
Lake Balaton
,
Kingdom of Hungary
Coordinates
:
46°59′N
18°21′E
Result
Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany
Hungary
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Yugoslav Partisans
Commanders and leaders
Otto Wöhler
Hermann Balck
M. de Angelis
Sepp Dietrich
József Heszlényi
Otto Deßloch
M. von Weichs
Alexander Löhr
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Nikanor Zakhvatayev
Nikolai Gagen
Sergei Trofimenko
Mikhail Sharokhin
Vladimir Stoychev
Kosta Nađ
Vladimir Sudets
Rodion Malinovsky
Sergei Goryunov
Units involved
Army Group South
:
6th Army
6th SS Panzer Army
2nd Panzer Army
3rd Army
Luftflotte 4
Army Group F
:
Army Group E
3rd Ukrainian Front
:
4th Guards Army
26th Army
27th Army
57th Army
1st Army
3rd Army
17th Air Army
2nd Ukrainian Front
:
5th Air Army
Strength
5 March (for the offensive):
[1]
[2]
[3]
-25 Divisions
-260,000 Men (max)
-650 Tanks (376 operational)
-3200 Assault Guns and Mortars
-850 Aircraft (entire Luftflotte 4 for entire Army Group South)
5 March:
[1]
[4]
[5]
-37 Divisions (discounting Air Armies and Yugoslav 3rd Army)
-465,000 men
-407 Tanks (398 operational)
-6597 Assault Guns and Mortars
-293 Rocket Launchers
-965 Aircraft (17th Air Army only – 3rd Ukrainian Front)
Casualties and losses
German offensive (6–15 March 1945):
Germany
Army Group South
: 12,358 men
[6]
31 tracked AFVs destroyed
[6]
1 APC destroyed
[7]
Army Group F
: Unknown
: Unknown
Soviet counter-offensive (16 March–15 April 1945)
:
30,000 killed
125,000 captured
[8]
1,345 tanks/assault guns lost
[9]
[a]
2,250 guns and mortars lost
[9]
446 armour personnel carriers
[11]
200+ aircraft
German offensive (6–15 March 1945)
:
32,899
8,492 killed or missing
24,407 wounded & sick
[12]
152 tracked AFVs destroyed
[6]
415 anti-tank guns destroyed
[6]
Soviet counter-offensive (16 March–15 April 1945)
:
38,661 killed
129,279 wounded & sick
167,940 men
[13]
Bulgarian casualties:
9,805 men
[14]
2,698 killed
7,017 wounded & sick
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