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Week 279 - Budapest Under Siege - WW2 - December 30, 1944

In the west, the Allies break the siege of Bastogne, but the fight for the Ardennes continues. and British Commander Bernard Montgomery is maneuvering to take command of the Western Front ground forces. In Hungary Budapest is cut off by the Soviets and under siege, with hundreds of thousands of civilians still in the city. The fight in italy is winding down for the winter, but the fight in the Philippines continues. In fact, American landings on Luzon are planned to go off soon. 00:00 INTRO 01:22 The Siege of Bastogne 03:10 The failure of 5th and 6th Panzer Armies 06:11 Montgomery wants command 09:27 Guderian appeals to Hitler, ‘stop the Ardennes Offensive!’ 12:11 Budapest surrounded and under siege 17:04 Wrapping up the Gothic Line Campaign 19:29 Churchill in Athens 20:30 The fight in the Philippines 23:07 SUMMARY Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Ian Sowden Written by: Indy Neidell Research by: Indy Neidell Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Edited by: Iryna Dulka Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman Daniel Weiss Julius Jääskeläinen - https://www.facebook.com/JJcolorization/ Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: Fortepan - Mihályi Balázs, Horváth József Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Easy Target - Rannar Sillard It's Not a Game - Philip Ayers The Hourglass - Jon Bjork Other Sides of Glory - Fabien Tell Let Go of Fear - Howard Harper-Barnes On the Edge of Change - Brightarm Orchestra Live, Fight, Survive - Anthony Earls Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen Run and Hide - Philip Ayers United Fronts - Jon Sumner The Story Begins STEMS INSTRUMENTS - Hampus Naeselius Wandering Ahead - Trevor Kowalski Dragon King - Jo Wandrini Secret Cargo - Craft Case Death And Glory 3 - Johannes Bornlöf A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.