Šiauliai offensive

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World War II Eastern Front operation military offensive

The Šiauliai offensive was a major 1944 Soviet Red Army operation in the Baltic region aimed at driving German forces from Lithuania and cutting off Army Group North.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Šiauliai Offensive	4
Šiauliai offensive canonical	4

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II Eastern Front operation ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
aim	to cut off Army Group North ⓘ to drive German forces from Lithuania ⓘ
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
category	1944 in military history ⓘ Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ Military operations of World War II involving Lithuania ⓘ
combatantStrength	elements of German panzer and infantry divisions ⓘ multiple Soviet fronts ⓘ
commandedBy	Soviet Red Army commanders ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
datePrecision	month and year 1944 ⓘ
endDate	1944-08-31 ⓘ
followedBy	Memel offensive ⓘ surface form: Memel Offensive Riga Offensive ⓘ surface form: Riga Offensive (1944)
frontlineChange	German withdrawal toward Latvia ⓘ Soviet advance westward in Lithuania ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1944 in Lithuania ⓘ 1944 in the Soviet Union ⓘ
involvedUnit	Army Group Centre ⓘ surface form: German Army Group Centre Army Group North ⓘ surface form: German Army Group North 1st Baltic Front ⓘ surface form: Soviet 1st Baltic Front 2nd Baltic Front ⓘ surface form: Soviet 2nd Baltic Front
location	Baltic states ⓘ surface form: Baltic region Lithuania ⓘ Šiauliai ⓘ
opponent	Red Army ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
opposedBy	Army Group North ⓘ surface form: German Army Group North
partOf	Baltic Offensive ⓘ Baltic theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Red Army 1944 strategic operations in the Baltic Soviet summer offensive of 1944 ⓘ
precededBy	Operation Bagration ⓘ
result	German retreat in Lithuania ⓘ Soviet victory ⓘ partial isolation of Army Group North ⓘ
startDate	1944-07-05 ⓘ
strategicObjective	to advance toward the Baltic Sea ⓘ to sever German land communications with Army Group North ⓘ
theater	Eastern Front ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1st Baltic Front → tookPartIn → Šiauliai offensive ⓘ

Baltic offensive (1944) → subOperation → Šiauliai offensive ⓘ

Soviet summer offensive of 1944 → hasPart → Šiauliai offensive ⓘ

this entity surface form: Šiauliai Offensive

Memel offensive → precededBy → Šiauliai offensive ⓘ

43rd Army → participatedIn → Šiauliai offensive ⓘ

6th Guards Army → participatedIn → Šiauliai offensive ⓘ

this entity surface form: Šiauliai Offensive

Baltic Offensive → subOperation → Šiauliai offensive ⓘ

this entity surface form: Šiauliai Offensive

Battle of Memel → precededBy → Šiauliai offensive ⓘ

this entity surface form: Šiauliai Offensive