Battle of Turda

Battle of Turda (Battle of Torda)
Part of Battle of Romania, World War II
Date 5 September–8 October 1944 Location Turda, Cluj-Turda County, Kingdom of Romania Result See aftermath
Belligerents
Romania  Soviet Union	Hungary  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Gheorghe Avramescu Rodion Malinovsky	Lajos Veress Mortimer von Kessel
Strength
4th Army 27th Army	2nd Army 8th Army
Casualties and losses
Romania: unknown Soviet Union: unknown 80+ tanks destroyed	Hungary: 10,000 killed, wounded or missing Germany: unknown

The Battle of Turda lasted from 5 September to 8 October 1944, in the area around Turda, Kingdom of Romania, as part of the wider Battle of Romania. Troops from the Hungarian 2nd Army and the German 8th Army fought a defensive action against Romanian and Soviet forces. The battle was one of the largest fought in Transylvania during World War II.^[1]