Lower Silesian offensive
The Lower Silesian offensive (Russian: Нижне-Силезская наступательная операция) 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.
Start~End Feb 24, 1945 ~ Feb 24, 1945Last edited Oct 15, 2026, 6:39 PM
Details
- Start ~ End
- Feb 24, 1945 ~ Feb 24, 1945
- Date
- 8–24 February 1945
- Location
- Lower Silesia
- Result
- Soviet victory
- Location
- 51.1000, 17.0333
Contents
The Lower Silesian offensive (Russian: Нижне-Силезская наступательная операция) 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. The offensive began on February 8 and continued until February 24, when the Soviets ceased their offensive having captured a small bridgehead across the Neisse River near Forst. The offensive directly succeeded the Vistula–Oder offensive, in which Konev's troops had driven the German Army Group A from Poland, liberating Kraków and taking bridgeheads over the Oder.
Deployments
Red Army
- Northern wing of 1st Ukrainian Front (Marshal Ivan Konev)
- 3rd Guards Tank Army (General Pavel Rybalko)
- 4th Tank Army (Major-General Dmitry Lelyushenko)
- 3rd Guards Army
- 5th Guards Army
- 6th Army (Lt. Gen. V. A. Gluzdovskii)
- 52nd Army
- 2nd Air Army
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