What the records say
- When
- 8 Feb 1945 – 24 Feb 1945
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 51.10° N, 17.03° E
- Description
- 1945 military offensive
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lower Silesian offensive
1945 military offensive by the USSR in the Eastern Front of WWII
The Lower Silesian offensive was a Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II in 1945, involving forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. It cleared German troops from much of Lower Silesia and besieged a large German force in the provincial capital, Breslau.
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