80 years ago today, the Red Army advanced 30 km through Hungary toward the border with Austria, opening the door to operations in the Reich’s southern, not-so-soft underbelly. In Galanta, Slovakia, a Soviet breakthrough on route to Bratislava led to the capture of a key Nazi transportation hub. Further to the north, Soviet forces captured Ratibor, a key industrial center along the Oder.
Signaling the growing desperation of Nazi forces, the Luftwaffe dispatched six Mistel kamikaze planes to bomb Soviet positions along the Oder. All but one of the improvised unmanned aircraft failed to reach their targets [end]
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