Soviet troops advanced 70 km along the front line

On March 24, the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, having repelled attacks by 11 German tank divisions southwest of Budapest and exhausted them in defensive battles, went on the offensive, defeated an enemy tank group and advanced 70 km on a front more than 100 km long, according to a publication in the Izvestia newspaper.

"During the offensive, our troops captured the cities of Szekesfehervar, Mor, Zirez, Veszprem, Enying, and also occupied more than 350 other settlements," the newspaper reports.

There were exactly 47 days left until the Great Victory.

In these battles, the front's troops captured more than 6,000 enemy soldiers and officers, destroyed and captured 745 tanks and self-propelled guns, over 800 guns and many other weapons and military equipment.

The material was published as part of the Izvestia special project "80 days to Victory."

All articles of Izvestia during the Great Patriotic War can be found in the electronic archive.