Battle of Păuliș
| Battle of Păuliș | |||||||
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| Part of Battle of Romania, World War II | |||||||
Heroes Monument in Păuliș | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Romania Soviet Union | Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alexandru Petrescu | József Heszlényi | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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"Păuliș" Detachment
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1st Armored Division 6th Reserve Infantry Division | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,800 menSoviet armored units | ≈20,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 377 men | 1,287 men, 23 tanks(Romanian estimates) | ||||||
The Battle of Păuliș took place in September 1944 in Arad County, western Romania as part of the wider Battle of Romania of World War II. It was fought between Hungarian and Romanian troops, after the King Michael's Coup had put Romania on the side of the Allies. The Romanians fought off persistent and heavy Hungarian attacks for 4 days. With the arrival of Soviet reinforcements they counter-attacked and pushed the Hungarians back to their original positions.