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What happened to the Hungarian army at Voronezh in 1943?
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In January 1943, the Second Hungarian Army suffered a catastrophic defeat at Voronezh in western Russia during World War II.1
The disaster occurred when Soviet forces, under the command of General Filipp Golikov, broke through the Hungarian front lines. This crushing defeat resulted in the loss of the vast majority of the Hungarian expeditionary force's manpower and nearly all of its military equipment.21