What the records say
- When
- 1945
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 52.00° N, 19.00° E
- Description
- 1945 military offensive
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Silesian offensives
1945 military offensives by the USSR in the Eastern Front of WWII
The Silesian offensives were two separate offensives conducted in Silesia in February and March 1945 by the Soviet Red Army against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front in World War II, to protect the flanks of the Red Army during its push to Berlin to prevent a Wehrmacht counterattack. It delayed the final push toward Berlin by 2 months.
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