Vistula–Oder Offensive

When

12 Jan 1945 – 2 Feb 1945

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

51.52° N, 19.08° E

Description

1945 offensive by the Soviet Red Army and Polish Army against Germany

Placed at the middle of related events.

1945 invasion of Nazi-occupied territory by the Red Army during WWII

The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945. The army made a major advance into German-held territory, capturing Kraków, Warsaw, and Poznań. The Red Army had built up their strength around a number of key bridgeheads, with two fronts commanded by Marshal Georgy Zhukov and Marshal Ivan Konev.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Rote Armee beginnt die Weichsel-Oder-Operation als Großoffensive von den Weichsel-Brückenköpfen aus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “offensive Vistule-Oder lancée par l’Armée rouge qui établit une tête de pont sur l’Oder le 31 janvier, d’où elle menace directement Berlin”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ソ連軍がヴィスワ＝オーデル攻勢を開始。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page