WW2 - Operation Panzerfaust (Nov 1944)

Operation Panzerfaust, known as Unternehmen Eisenfaust in Germany, was a military operation conducted in October 1944 by the German military. When German dictator Adolf Hitler received word that Hungary's Regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy, was secretly negotiating his country's surrender to the advancing Red Army, he sent commando leader Otto Skorzeny to Hungary. Hitler feared that Hungary's surrender would cut off a million German troops still fighting the Soviet advance in the Balkan peninsula.

In a daring operation, Otto Skorzeny kidnapped Horthy's son Miklós Horthy, Jr. and his father was forced to abdicate as regent. A pro-German government was installed in Hungary and continued fighting alongside Germany until April 1945, when German troops were driven out of Hungary by the Red Army.

Thirty-five King Tiger tanks were used in conjunction with Waffen-SS and paratroopers to storm the mountain fortress (actually the Royal Castle on a hill) in which Horthy was holed up along with those loyal to him. This included the cabinet of the Hungarian government. Horthy's defenders held out for thirty minutes before they were forced to surrender. The Horthy government had signed an armistice with the Soviets during the German invasion. In order to keep Hungary in the war, the Horthy government was completely dismantled, and replaced by the "Hitler-faithful" Ferenc Szálasi government.

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[Agonar81]

Thank you for these videos!

[Kettenhund1000]

germany was right !

[mindeika]

pazalily



[getson84]

@LindemannAdam

is that your coming out? ;-P

[LindemannAdam]

@somethingirreversib and the german? 50000 men! :D

[somethingirreversib]

Just a fact: the soviets raped 50000 women after the siege of Budapest...

[Rangerfull3]

Actually the defenders just fought because they didn't get the orders from Skorzeny who saw that the Germans were approaching with 4 Tiger 2s..and had nothing to counter them

[MrHelmyabdullah]

After Germany , no other country has the effective weapon to counter T-34 tanks . The Americans were at loss when it was their turn to face the T-34 tanks six years later in a little far-flung north-east Asian peninsular called Korea . Their WW2 bazookas were ineffective . They even used Maxim water-cooled machinegun against T-34 !

[shohchkheh]

@maciverandy Because im not gay.

[maciverandy]

@shohchkheh why don't you take a bratwurst and pwn yourself in the poopen chuten you fucking homo?!

[shohchkheh]

@maciverandy "fucking nazi bastard" LoL you are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo stupid :D

Its really funny to watch you owning yourself.

[maciverandy]

@shohchkheh ja ja you fucking nazi bastard...why don't you go visit our base in rammstein and eat a big mac? it'll cheer you up a bit...