Devil's Cavalry: 800 of 30,000 SS Survived the Budapest Breakout

#ww2history #wwii #militaryhistory Devil's Cavalry: 800 of 30,000 SS Survived the Budapest Breakout Winter 1944-45. Two SS cavalry divisions, the Florian Geyer and the Maria Theresia, were sealed inside Budapest with the rest of Hitler's garrison. When they finally tried to break out on the foggy night of the eleventh of February, the Red Army was already waiting along every road. Of roughly twenty-eight thousand men who ran for the hills, only six to seven hundred reached German lines. Of the thirty-thousand-strong SS corps, about eight hundred lived. This is how the Soviets erased the SS cavalry at Budapest. In this video: ✅ Why Hitler turned Budapest into a fortress nobody was allowed to leave ✅ The three Operation Konrad relief drives and how Tolbukhin broke them ✅ The breakout night at Szell Kalman ter, the square that became a killing pen ✅ The hunt in the wooded hills and the deaths of three German generals ✅ The final arithmetic: a ninety-seven percent loss and the road to Vienna 📄 Get the Budapest Breakout Quick Facts PDF: [link to site] ▶️ Explore more Eastern Front battles: [playlist link] 👍 If the Red Army's siege warfare fascinates you, like and subscribe for more Eastern Front deep dives. Which Soviet operation should we cover next? Tell us in the comments. #ww2 #easternfront #waffenss #budapest #redarmy #worldwar2 #militaryhistory #1945 #wehrmacht #siegewarfare