Upper Silesian Offensive
The Upper Silesian Offensive was a strategically significant Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II in 1945. It was aimed at capturing the considerable industrial and natural resources located in Upper Silesia and involved forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. Due to the importance of the region to the Germans, considerable forces were provided to Army Group Centre for its defence and the Germans were only slowly pushed back to the Czech border. Fighting for the region lasted from mid January right until the last day of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945.
13th Rifle Division59th Army (Soviet Union)Alfred NähringBernhard WalterbachErwin JollasseFriedrich-Carl Rabe von PappenheimFritz BurkhardtGeorg GebhardtHarald RiipaluHermann Lang (Wehrmacht officer)Horst von MellenthinMartin HacklMax FriedrichOtto AngelPavel RybalkoRolf ScherenbergRudolf von Bünau (father)Theodor KretschmerVasiliy GordovWalter BöhmWerner EhrigWilhelm Drewes
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Upper Silesian Offensive
The Upper Silesian Offensive was a strategically significant Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II in 1945. It was aimed at capturing the considerable industrial and natural resources located in Upper Silesia and involved forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. Due to the importance of the region to the Germans, considerable forces were provided to Army Group Centre for its defence and the Germans were only slowly pushed back to the Czech border. Fighting for the region lasted from mid January right until the last day of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945.
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Die Oberschlesische Operation ...... bis zum 31. März 1945 dauerte.
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Opération Gemse (Chamois) Seco ...... entrée sur la ville de Lauban.
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The Upper Silesian Offensive w ...... war in Europe on May 8, 1945.
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W styczniu 1945 r. Niemcy utra ...... ie zniszczenia obydwu miastom.
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Верхне-Силезская наступательна ...... илезским промышленным районом.
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40,000 killed; 14,000 POW (Soviet estimate)
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1945-03-31
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Die Oberschlesische Operation ...... bis zum 31. März 1945 dauerte.
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Opération Gemse (Chamois) Seco ...... de Kharkov Guerre du Pacifique
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The Upper Silesian Offensive w ...... war in Europe on May 8, 1945.
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W styczniu 1945 r. Niemcy utra ...... ie zniszczenia obydwu miastom.
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Верхне-Силезская наступательна ...... илезским промышленным районом.
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Oberschlesische Operation
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Operacja górnośląska
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Opération Gemse
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Upper Silesian Offensive
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Верхне-Силезская наступательная операция
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Upper Silesian Offensive
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