Battle of the Transdanubian Hills

Battle of the Transdanubian Hills
Part of World War II
Planned German attacks for Operation Spring Awakening
Date 6–21 March 1945 Location Drava river valley and Transdanubian Hills Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia Italy	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Vladimir Stoychev Mikhail Sharokhin[1] Kosta Nađ Mario Robotti Giacomo Carboni	Maximilian de Angelis Werner von Erdmannsdorff
Strength
Bulgarian 1st Army Soviet 57th Army Yugoslav 3rd Army Italian 2nd Army	2nd Panzer Army LXXXXI Corps
Casualties and losses
2,500	10,000

XXII Corps

LXVIII Corps

LXXXXI Corps

3rd Army

57th Army

133rd Rifle Corps

III Corps

IV Corps

PÉCS

MOHÁCS

KAPOS.

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Unit locations on 6 March 1945
Red - Soviet forces, Orange - Yugoslav forces, Green - Bulgarian forces, Grey - German forces
Kapos. = Kaposvár

The Battle of the Transdanubian Hills (also known in Bulgaria as the Drava Operation (Bulgarian: Дравска операция, Dravska operatsiya)) was a defensive operation of the Bulgarian First Army during Bulgaria's participation in World War II against German Wehrmacht forces, who were trying to capture the north bank of the Drava river as part of Operation Spring Awakening.

Combat in the Transdanubian Hills lasted from 6 to 21 March 1945. The German attacks failed to achieve their objectives and were then eclipsed by the large-scale Soviet offensive from the area of Lake Balaton to Vienna.