Nearly 500 Soviet Tanks Hit Manteuffel in Romania. He Let Them Through, Then Struck

Nearly 500 Soviet Tanks Hit Manteuffel in Romania. He Let Them Through, Then Struck At five fifteen in the morning on the second of May, nineteen forty-four, more than a thousand Soviet guns and mortars opened fire. That was Moscow time. They fired on the hills north of a small Romanian town. Targu Frumos. Thirty minutes later, eight hundred more joined in from the northwest. The case laid out: Konev's 2nd Ukrainian Front: nearly 500 tanks and self-propelled guns, with the new IS-2 heavy tank Manteuffel's Grossdeutschland: infantry that let the Soviet tanks roll past, and a panzer regiment held back near the town The 11:55 strike at Cornesti, and Edelsheim's 24th Panzer hitting the break-in at Facuti Tigers against IS-2s, and why German shells bounced at 2,200 yards Manteuffel's claim of 350 tanks against the Soviet files' count of 243 The verdict sheet on Targu Frumos is pinned in the top comment. Subscribe for more armor history, and give your verdict in the comments. #ww2 #targufrumos #grossdeutschland #is2 #easternfront #manteuffel #ww2history