What the records say
- When
- 21 Apr 1945 – 30 Apr 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.18° N, 14.42° E
- Description
- 1945 battle in the Eastern Front of World War II
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Bautzen (1945)
Battle in the Eastern Front of World War II
The Battle of Bautzen was one of the last battles of the Eastern Front during World War II in Europe. It was fought on the extreme southern flank of the Spremberg-Torgau Offensive, seeing days of pitched street fighting between forces of the Polish Second Army under elements of the Soviet 52nd Army and 5th Guards Army[a] on one side and elements of German Army Group Center in the form of the remnants of the 4th Panze…
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei der Schlacht um Bautzen wird Bautzen zurückerobert”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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