Prague Offensive

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The Prague Offensive was the final major Soviet military operation in Europe during World War II, resulting in the liberation of Prague and the collapse of remaining German forces in Czechoslovakia in May 1945.

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Prague Offensive canonical 15
Prague offensive 4
Battle of Prague (1945) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Prague Offensive
surface form: Battle of Prague (1945)
belligerent 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
surface form: 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps

Czechoslovak resistance
Army Group Centre
surface form: German Army Group Centre

2nd Polish Army
surface form: Polish Second Army

Red Army
Romanian Land Forces
surface form: Romanian Army
casualties heavy on both sides
chronologicalPosition one of the last large-scale operations of the European theater of World War II
commander Andrey Yeremenko
surface form: Andrei Yeremenko

Ivan Konev
Rodion Malinovsky
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Czechoslovakia
Nazi Germany
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfPragueLiberation 1945-05-09
endDate 1945-05-11
followedBy end of World War II in Europe
involvedMilitaryUnit 1st Ukrainian Front
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front

4th Ukrainian Front
Army Group Centre
Third United States Army
surface form: U.S. Third Army
location Czechoslovakia
Prague
notableEvent uprising of Prague resistance in May 1945
opposingCommander Ferdinand Schörner
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
politicalConsequence consolidation of Soviet influence in Czechoslovakia
restoration of Czechoslovak government authority in Prague
precededBy Battle of Berlin
surface form: Berlin Offensive
result Soviet victory
capitulation of German forces in Czechoslovakia
collapse of Army Group Centre remnants
liberation of Prague
startDate 1945-05-06
strategicSignificance completed liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation
final major Soviet offensive in Europe in World War II
theater Central Europe

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Soviet 60th Army operationParticipatedIn Prague Offensive
Soviet 60th Army finalOperation Prague Offensive
1st Ukrainian Front participatedIn Prague Offensive
Army Group Centre tookPartIn Prague Offensive
2nd Polish Army engagement Prague Offensive
Ivan Konev participatedIn Prague Offensive
38th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Prague Offensive
this entity surface form: Prague offensive
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front tookPartIn Prague Offensive
subject surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
Prague Offensive alsoKnownAs Prague Offensive
this entity surface form: Battle of Prague (1945)
Vienna Offensive followedBy Prague Offensive
4th Ukrainian Front engagedIn Prague Offensive
Prague uprising followedBy Prague Offensive
5th Guards Army participatedIn Prague Offensive
53rd Army participatedIn Prague Offensive
3rd Guards Tank Army engagedIn Prague Offensive
13th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Prague Offensive
this entity surface form: Prague offensive
52nd Army (Red Army) participatedIn Prague Offensive
this entity surface form: Prague offensive
Moravian–Ostrava offensive followedBy Prague Offensive
this entity surface form: Prague offensive