From 25 March to 15 April 1944, the Hungarian VII Army Corps was involved in the Battle of Kamenets-Podolsky pocket.
On 30 August, the Hungarian Third Army was mobilized to defend Hungary against the relentless advances of the Soviet 2nd and 4th Ukrainian Fronts.
The Third Army was to then cross Arad and the Maros Valley and occupy the mountain passes of Transylvania.
On 6 October, in the opening stages of the Battle of Debrecen, the Hungarian Third Army was badly mauled near Arad.
Rodion Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian Front attempted a pincer maneuver to encircle Army Group Fretter-Pico.
The northern pincer was stalled and turned back by veteran German panzer forces.