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February 13, 1945

Surrender of German and Hungarian Units

Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last German and Hungarian units fighting in the encircled city of Budapest, Hungary. Soviet troops will drive the last German units and their Arrow Cross collaborators out of western Hungary in early April 1945.

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