The Siege of Budapest; One Hundred Days in World War II

by Krisztián Ungváry; Translated from the Hungarian by Ladislaus Löb

• ISBN13: 9780300119855
• ISBN10: 0300119852
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-11-13
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This definitive history of one of the fiercest battles of World War II describes the siege of Budapest in unprecedented detail. Both Stalin and Hitler demanded victory at all costs, and the cost was extreme: 80,000 Soviet troops, 38,000 German and Hungarian soldiers, and 38,000 Hungarian civilians perished. The book provides the first full account of this shocking battle. "As a military history [The Siege of Budapest] is unrivaled. . . . Magisterial."John Lukacs,New York Review of Books "An exceedingly dramatic book, filled with fascinating stories, some of them even humorous, and with heart-rending accounts of suffering, limitless cruelty, and amazing decency."Istvan Deak,New Republic "Ungvary has written a dramatic, gripping history of this siege, filling a gap in WWII history."Choice

Author Biography

KRISZTIÁN UNGVÁRY is a research fellow at the Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. LADISLAUS LÖB is emeritus professor of German, University of Sussex.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
List of Maps, Map Key	x
Foreword	xiii
John Lukacs
Preface	xxv
Prelude	1	(47)
The Encirclement	48	(63)
The Siege, 26 December 1944--11 February 1945	111	(77)
Relief Attempts	188	(13)
The Break-Out	201	(56)
The Siege and the Population	257	(117)
Epilogue	374	(7)
Notes	381	(29)
Tables	410	(23)
Bibliography	433	(23)
Photo Credits	456	(1)
Index	457