Historydraft LogoHistorydraft Logo
Historydraft
beta
Historydraft Logo
Historydraft
beta

  • Lake Balaton, Kingdom of Hungary
    Sunday Apr 15, 1945
    World War II

    Operation Spring Awakening - Last German major offensive

    Lake Balaton, Kingdom of Hungary
    Sunday Apr 15, 1945

    In early March, in an attempt to protect its last oil reserves in Hungary and to retake Budapest, Germany launched its last major offensive against Soviet troops near Lake Balaton. In two weeks, the offensive had been repulsed. The operation lasted from 6 to 16 March, while the Soviet counter attack took place between 16 March to 15 April 1945.




  • Germany
    Sunday Apr 15, 1945
    The Holocaust

    Bergen-Belsen was liberated

    Germany
    Sunday Apr 15, 1945

    Bergen-Belsen was liberated by the British on 15 April.




<