| Battle of Turda (Battle of Torda) | |||||||
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| Part of Battle of Romania, World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Romania Soviet Union |
 Hungary Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Gheorghe Avramescu Rodion Malinovsky |
Lajos Veress Mortimer von Kessel | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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4th Army 27th Army |
2nd Army 8th Army | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Romania: Unknown Soviet Union: Unknown 80+ tanks destroyed |
Hungary: 10,000 killed, wounded or missing Germany: Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Turda lasted from 5 September to 8 October 1944, in the area around Turda, Kingdom of 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.[1]
- ^ Martínez, Eduardo Manuel Gil (2019-12-27). Hungarian Armoured Fighting Vehicles in the Second World War. Pen and Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-5267-5382-3.