battle, major, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Debrecen
Battle of Debrecen was a battle fought in 1944 at Nyíregyháza, in what is now Hungary. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Nyíregyháza. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Inconclusive.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) to 1944 | |
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| Place | Nyíregyháza, Hungary 47.530N, 21.639E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 1 October: 31 divisions and brigades; 240,952 men; 190,000 men; 293 tanks and assault guns; 3,500 guns and mortars; 741 aircraft | 1 October: 84 divisions and brigades; 698,200 men; 167,306 men; 825 tanks and assault guns; 10,238 guns and mortars; 1,216 aircraft |
| Casualties and losses | ~15,000 killed or wounded; 20,000 killed or wounded; Total: 53,000 men; (including ~18,000 POW) ~200 tanks lost; 490 guns lost | 19,713 killed or missing and 64,297 wounded or sick; 33,500 killed or wounded; Total: 117,360 men (including 5,073 POW); ~500 tanks lost; 1,656 guns lost |
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The ground today


The recorded site stands at about 125 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 101 to 153 m, 51 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 66% built-up, 25% tree cover, 8% grassland.
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.Nearest engagements
- Battle of Debrecen 1849, 3.3 km W
- Battle of Carei 1944, 64 km E
- Battle of Mohi 1241, 74 km NW
- Battle of Keresztes 1596, 78 km NW
- Battle of Mezőkövesd 1849, 84 km W
In the same war
- Before: Lost Battalion 1944
- After: Budapest offensive 1944
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines
- Battle of the Philippine Sea Japan
- Battle of Peleliu Palau
- Operation Ichi-Go China
- Battle of Saipan United States
Battle of Debrecen is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Hungary.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q582953, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Debrecen, revision 1376902739, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.