Fortress Budapest 1944–1945

Despite its massive scale and brutality, the Siege of Budapest remains one of the most overlooked events of WWII

Famous Chain Bridge with the Royal Palace in the distance

Serious shortcomings were obvious from much earlier. On the skies of Britain and outskirts of Moscow. But at Stalingrad, it became evident that the German war machinery is not the unstoppable force that it was thought to be. After…