Vienna Offensive
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The Vienna Offensive was a major World War II Soviet military campaign in April 1945 that captured Vienna from Nazi Germany and helped secure the final collapse of the Third Reich in Central Europe.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vienna Offensive canonical | 9 |
| Vienna offensive | 2 |
| Battle of Vienna (1945) | 1 |
| Soviet Vienna Offensive | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vienna Offensive
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Vienna (1945)
|
| associatedWith | liberation of Austria from Nazi rule ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Red Army
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| capturedCity | Vienna ⓘ |
| combatant |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Fyodor Tolbukhin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| consequence |
collapse of German defenses in eastern Austria
ⓘ
facilitated final collapse of the Third Reich in Central Europe ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfCapture | 1945-04-13 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1945-04-15 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Prague Offensive ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late stages of World War II ⓘ |
| involvedForce |
Panzer division
ⓘ
surface form:
German panzer divisions
Soviet armored units ⓘ Soviet infantry units ⓘ |
| location |
Austria
ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ Vienna ⓘ |
| militaryUnitInvolved |
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
ⓘ
surface form:
2nd Ukrainian Front
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form:
3rd Ukrainian Front
|
| notableFor |
large-scale Soviet offensive operations in Austria
ⓘ
urban combat in Vienna ⓘ |
| objective | capture of Vienna ⓘ |
| opponent |
Heeresgruppe Süd
ⓘ
surface form:
German Army Group South
|
| opposedBy |
German 6th SS Panzer Army
ⓘ
Sepp Dietrich ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet-German Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front of World War II
|
| partOfCampaign | Soviet 1945 spring offensive operations ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Siege of Budapest
ⓘ
surface form:
Budapest Offensive
|
| result |
Soviet victory
ⓘ
capture of Vienna by Soviet forces ⓘ defeat of Nazi German forces in Vienna ⓘ |
| startDate | 1945-03-16 ⓘ |
| strategicGoal |
advance towards the Alps and southern Germany
ⓘ
secure Austria from Nazi control ⓘ |
| territorialChange |
Soviet occupation of Vienna
ⓘ
end of Nazi German control over Vienna ⓘ |
| theater | Austrian theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| year | 1945 ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Soviet Vienna Offensive
subject surface form:
2nd Ukrainian Front
this entity surface form:
Battle of Vienna (1945)
this entity surface form:
Vienna offensive
this entity surface form:
Vienna offensive