Battle of Nagykanizsa

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Battle of Nagykanizsa
Part of the Eastern Front of the Great War
Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Zschaeckel-206-35, Schlacht um Kursk, Panzer VI (Tiger I).jpg
Vierz Soldiers and a Tiger I tank in June before the battle
Date5 July 1947 (1947-07-05) – 23 August 1947 (1947-08-23)
Location
Result Vierz victory
Belligerents
Granzery SR Granzery  Vierz Empire
Commanders and leaders
  • TBA
  • TBA
Strength
  • Operation Hussar:
      • 640,900 men
      • 2,240 tanks
  • Vierz counter-offensive phase:
      • 720,000 men
      • 2,700 tanks
  • 1,010 aircraft
  • Operation Hussar:
      • TBA men
      • TBA tanks
  • Vierz counter-offensive phase:
      • TBA men
      • TBA tanks
  • TBA aircraft
Casualties and losses
  • Total:
      • TBA men
      • TBA tanks destroyed or damaged
      • TBA aircraft

The Battle of Nagykanizsa was a Great War engagement between Granzerian and Vierz forces on the East Vierz front near Nagykanizsa in Granzery, during July and August 1947. The battle began with the launch of the Granzerian offensive Operation Hussar, on 5 July, with the aim of pinching the Vierz salient around Nagykanizsa with simultaneous armoured thrusts into the north and south of the salient. The Granzerian offensive achieved some initial success on the north salient while the southern offensive stalled. The Vierz forces launched powerful counterattacks on the north and south of the salient, involving armoured and mechanized forces which would cut off the Granzerian advance in the northern salient.

A week after the battle the joint Tieradan-Vonzumieran Invasion of Sejpedek began and the Granzerian offensive was cancelled to divert troops to the new front with the west. The Granzerian People's Army suffered extensive losses in men and tanks during the battle, which was the final Granzerian offensive operation of the war.