Heiligenbeil Pocket

26 Jan 1945 – 29 Mar 1945 · 54.46° N, 19.94° E

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When: 26 Jan 1945 – 29 Mar 1945
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 54.46° N, 19.94° E
Description: 1945 part of the Eastern Front of World War II
War: World War II

Heiligenbeil Pocket

1945 encirclement battle on the Eastern Front of WW2

The Heiligenbeil Pocket or Heiligenbeil Cauldron was the site of a major encirclement battle on the Eastern Front during the closing weeks of World War II, in which the Wehrmacht's 4th Army was almost entirely destroyed during the Soviet Braunsberg Offensive Operation.

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: The Red Army almost destroys the German 4th Army in the Heiligenbeil Pocket in East Prussia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit einem Vorstoß der Roten Armee zur Ostsee wird der Großteil Ostpreußens vom Deutschen Reich abgeschnitten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la allemande est encerclée dans la poche d’Heiligenbeil par la blindée de la Garde soviétique (fin en mars)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

Heiligenbeil Pocket

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