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Operation Konrad
Operation
Konrad
was the German-Hungarian
effort
to
relieve
the encircled garrison of
Budapest
during the
Battle of Budapest
in
January 1945
. The
operation
was
divided
into three parts:
Operation Konrad I
-
1 January
1945 - Led by
IV SS Panzer Corps
from
Tata
. Halted near
Bicske
.
Operation Konrad II
-
7 January
1945 - Led by
IV
SS
Panzer Corps
from
Esztergom
. Halted at
Pilisszentkereszt
.
Operation Konrad III
-
17 January
1945 - Led by IV SS
Panzer
Corps
and
III Panzer Corps
from south of Budapest near
Székesfehérvár
.
Attempt
to encircle
ten
Soviet
divisions
. Halted south of
Ercsi
.