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Operation Panzerfaust (German: Unternehmen Panzerfaust, lit. 'Operation Armored Fist') was a military operation undertaken in October 1944 by the German Wehrmacht to ensure the Kingdom of Hungary would remain a German ally in World War II .
The Germans were ready, however. Horthy was overthrown in Operation Panzerfaust, a coup that placed the National Socialist-friendly Arrow Cross Party (NyKP) in power. Following the Siege of Budapest the capital fell to the Soviets on 13 February 1945 and the government fled.
Operation Konrad I was launched on 1 January. The German IV SS Panzer Corps attacked from Tata through hilly terrain north-west of Budapest in an effort to break the siege. On 3 January, the Soviet command sent four more divisions to meet the threat, and recalled the Romanian divisions on 15 January because of their inefficiency.
By October of the same year, the Hungarians were again caught trying to quit the war, and the Germans launched Operation Panzerfaust. They replaced Horthy with Arrow Cross leader Ferenc Szálasi. The Government of National Unity was proclaimed, and it continued the war on the side of the Axis.
Operation Margarethe, the occupation of Hungary by German forces on 19 March 1944 Operation Panzerfaust , military operation to occupy Hungary in October 1944 Government of National Unity (Hungary) , puppet government formed by the Arrow Cross Party on 16 October 1944
The Germans launched Operation Wintergewitter (12 December) to relieve the Sixth Army. In the first stage of Operation Little Saturn (16 December), the Soviets attacked between the Italian Eighth Army and the Hungarian Second Army, threatening the flank of the Wintergewitter forces. On 13 January 1943, the Soviets began the Voronezh–Kharkov ...
Skorzeny commandeered all available elements of the Maria Theresia to take part in Operation Panzerfaust, which began at 0600 on 15 October. In little over half an hour, a German column led by four Tiger IIs , including a number of Maria Theresia men, stormed Buda Castle and forced Horthy to abdicate.
The Gumbinnen Operation ended in Soviet failure due to strong resistance by the Wehrmacht. The Japanese destroyers Fujinami and Shiranui were sunk north of Iloilo, Panay by U.S. aircraft. German submarine U-1060 was damaged in the North Sea by British aircraft and was grounded and wrecked near Brønnøysund .