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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:56 am Post subject:

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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:44 am Post subject:

Ahhhhhh.... You finally made the first, next, page !! Razz

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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject:

Norther- Day zero, good song
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject:

Battle of Budapest
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject:

The Battle of Budapest was a siege of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest fought towards the end of World War II.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject:

The siege started when Budapest was first encircled on 29 December 1944. The siege ended when the city was unconditionally surrendered on 13 February 1945.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject:

The Soviet forces besieging the city were part of Rodion Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian Front. Arrayed against the Soviets were a collection of German Wehrmacht, Schutzstaffel (SS), and Hungarian forces.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

The Battle of Budapest was one of the bloodiest sieges of the World War II. In terms of casualties, Budapest was comparable to the sieges of Berlin and Stalingrad.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject:

Battle of Stalingrad
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject:

The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for the Soviet city of Stalingrad that took place between August 21, 1942 and February 2, 1943, as part of World War II. It was the turning point of World War II and was arguably the bloodiest battle in human history, with combined casualties estimated above 1.5 million.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject:

The battle was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German siege of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth Army and other Axis forces around the city
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject:

As a result of the battle, the Axis powers suffered roughly 850,000 casualties, ¼ of their strength on the Eastern Front, as well as a huge amount of supplies and equipment. The Axis forces were never able to fully recover from this loss and were eventually forced into a long retreat out of Eastern Europe, after the great battles of 1943-1944.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject:

For the Soviets, who also suffered great losses during the battle, the victory at Stalingrad marked the start of the liberation of the Soviet Union, leading to eventual victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
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