Battle

Operation Ostra Brama

7 Jul 1944 – 15 Jul 1944 · 54.68° N, 25.32° E

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7 Jul 1944 – 15 Jul 1944
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
54.68° N, 25.32° E
Description
1944 battle
War
World War II

Operation Ostra Brama

WWII battle

Operation Ostra Brama was the Polish Home Army's attempted takeover of Vilnius in wake of the German Wehrmacht's evacuation, ahead of the approaching Soviet Red Army's Vilnius offensive. A part of a Polish national uprising, Operation Tempest, the action happened on 7–13 July 1944. The operation's main goal was propagandistic – to claim Vilnius for Poland by retaking it before Soviet arrival.

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