What the records say
- When
- 16 Apr 1945 – 19 Apr 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.53° N, 14.40° E
- Description
- 1945 engagement between German and Soviet forces during World War Two
- War
- World War II
Battle of the Seelow Heights
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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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille des hauteurs de Seelow”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ゼーロウ高地の戦いが開始され、ドイツ首都ベルリンが戦場となる（ベルリンの戦い）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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