Battle of the Seelow Heights

Cuándo

16 abr 1945 – 19 abr 1945

Tipo

Batalla

Coordenadas

52.53° N, 14.40° E

Description

1945 engagement between German and Soviet forces during World War Two

War

World War II

WWII German-Soviet military engagement

The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation. A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of the Second World War. It was fought over three days, from 16 to 19 April 1945. Close to 1,000,000 Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front, commanded by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, attacked the position known as the "Gates of Berlin".

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