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772 operational tanks and assault guns as of March 16, 1945.
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380:• Hungarian 2nd Armored Division (-)
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666:710th Infantry Division
569:12th SS Panzer Division
492:Source 1: Rolf Stoves,
372:12th SS Panzer Division
302:326th Infantry Division
297:272nd Infantry Division
276:277th Infantry Division
261:12th SS Panzer Division
825:Jentz, Thomas (1996).
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367:3rd SS Panzer Division
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271:12th Infantry Division
266:3rd Parachute Division
256:1st SS Panzer Division
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313:150th Panzer Brigade
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576:near Enns, Austria
512:Surrender Location
454:3rd Ukrainian Front
408:Battle of the Bulge
393:6th Panzer Division
307:4th, 9th, and 17th
209:OberstgruppenfĂĽhrer
200:Battle of the Bulge
134:Battle of the Bulge
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608:? May 1945
340:Parent unit
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234:Parent unit
196:German Army
119:Engagements
83:German Army
1229:Categories
727:References
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468:to defend
352:Components
246:Components
159:commanders
152:Commanders
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692:Red Army
501:Volume 3
481:war ended
192:formation
180:‹See Tfd›
48:1944–1945
939:Numbered
810:(1995).
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703:Austria
643:Austria
474:defended
434:Budapest
426:Monschau
419:6th Army
311:Brigades
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194:of the
157:Notable
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