Gumbinnen–Goldap offensive

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The Gumbinnen–Goldap offensive was a Soviet military operation in late 1944 aimed at breaking German defenses and penetrating East Prussia during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation
military offensive
aimedAt weakening German defensive lines in East Prussia
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
combatant1 Red Army
combatant2 Wehrmacht
commanderSide1 Ivan Chernyakhovsky
commanderSide2 German commanders of Army Group Centre
conflict World War II
conflictType land battle
countryInvolved Germany
Soviet Union
date 1944
era 20th century
followedBy East Prussian Offensive
front 3rd Belorussian Front
surface form: Soviet 3rd Belorussian Front
geopoliticalContext approach of Soviet forces to German heartland
historicalRegion East Prussia
involved air support
armored units
artillery units
infantry units
location East Prussia
Goldap
Gumbinnen
militaryBranchSide1 Soviet Ground Forces
surface form: Red Army ground forces
militaryBranchSide2 German Army
militaryTheater Eastern Front
natureOfOperation combined arms offensive
objective break German defenses in East Prussia
penetrate East Prussia
opponent Army Group Centre
surface form: German Army Group Centre
opposedBy German defensive formations in East Prussia
partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Red Army advance toward Königsberg
East Prussian Offensive
surface form: Soviet East Prussian operations

Soviet operations on the German border in 1944
precededBy Soviet summer offensives of 1944
region Central Europe
relatedTo Battle of East Prussia
surface form: Battle of East Prussia (1945)

East Prussian Offensive
surface form: Königsberg Offensive
result German defensive success in halting deeper Soviet penetration
Soviet tactical gains
significance early Soviet attempt to breach East Prussian defenses
startYear 1944
strategy offensive ground assault
timePeriod late 1944

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3rd Belorussian Front tookPartIn Gumbinnen–Goldap offensive
11th Guards Army participatedIn Gumbinnen–Goldap offensive
this entity surface form: Gumbinnen–Goldap Offensive