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  • Battle of Turda
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  • The Battle of Turda lasted from 5 September to 8 October 1944, in the area around Turda, in present-day Romania, as part of the wider Battle of Romania. Troops from the Hungarian 2nd Army and the German 8th Army fought a defensive action against Romanian and Soviet forces. The battle was one of the largest fought in Transylvania during World War II.
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Date
  • --09-05
Commander
  • Rodion Malinovsky
  • Gheorghe Avramescu
  • Lajos Veress
  • Mortimer von Kessel
  • Sperrverband Kessel
Casualties
  • 80
  • Unknown
  • Germany:
  • Soviet Union:
  • Hungary:
  • Romania:
  • ~10,000 killed, wounded or missing
Result
  • Romanian-Soviet victory
combatant
  • Hungary
  • Nazi Germany
  • Romania
  • Soviet Union
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Conflict
  • Battle of Turda
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  • The Battle of Turda lasted from 5 September to 8 October 1944, in the area around Turda, in present-day Romania, as part of the wider Battle of Romania. Troops from the Hungarian 2nd Army and the German 8th Army fought a defensive action against Romanian and Soviet forces. The battle was one of the largest fought in Transylvania during World War II.