Air Division 187th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik) 188th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik) 190th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik) 264th Ground Attack Air Division 235st Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik) – white tail cap 451st Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik) 279th Fighter Air Division 92nd Fighter Air Regiment (La-5) 192nd Fighter Air Regiment (La-5) 486th Fighter Air Regiment (La-5) 6th Guards Fighter Air Division 31st Guards Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b, -9) 73rd Guards Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b, -9) 85th Guards Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b, -9) 14th Guards Fighter Air Division 177th Guards Fighter Air Regiment (La-5) 178th Guards Fighter Air Regiment (La-5) 179th Guards Fighter Air Regiment (La-7) 218th Bomber Air Division 48th Bomber Air Regiment (A-20G Boston) – red tail cap 452nd Bomber Air Regiment (A-20G Boston) – white tail cap 453rd Bomber Air Regiment (A-20G Boston) – dark blue tail cap 18th Air Army (Unit involved, bombers operated at night. Pulled from former soviet long-range air force.) 15th Guards Bomber Air Division 14th Guards Bomber Air Regiment (B-25D,J Mitchell) 238th Guards Bomber Air Regiment (B-25D,J Mitchell) 251st Guards Bomber Air Regiment (B-25D,J Mitchell) 53rd Bomber Air Division (Li-2 cargo planes, etc.) 1st Bulgarian Army 3rd Army Corps 8th Infantry Division 10th Infantry Division 12th Infantry Division 4th Army Corps 3rd Infantry Division 11th Infantry Division 16th Infantry Division 1st Separate Tank Battalion (Pz.IV Ausf. H) 3rd Army (Yugoslav Partisans) 12th Army Corps 16th Infantry Division 51st Infantry Division German offensive The offensive units did not start in unison owing to complications, thus the units of the 6th SS Panzer Army began their attack at 04:00 while the 2nd SS Panzer Corps attacked at 18:30. On the 6 March 1945, the German 6th Army, joined by the 6th SS Panzer Army launched a pincer movement north and south of Lake Balaton. Ten armoured (Panzer) and five infantry divisions, including a large number of new heavy Tiger II tanks, struck 3rd Ukrainian Front, hoping to reach the Danube and link up with the German 2nd Panzer Army forces attacking south of Lake Balaton. The attack was spearheaded by the 6th SS Panzer Army and included elite units such as the LSSAH division. Dietrich's army made "good progress" at first, but as they drew near the Danube, the combination of the muddy terrain and strong Soviet resistance had ground the German advance to a halt. On 10