Operation Spring Awakening
E18250
Operation Spring Awakening was Nazi Germany’s last major offensive of World War II, launched in March 1945 near Lake Balaton in Hungary in a failed attempt to secure vital oil fields and halt the Soviet advance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Spring Awakening canonical | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German military operation
ⓘ
World War II military operation ⓘ military offensive ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Frühlingserwachen
ⓘ
Frühlingserwachen ⓘ
surface form:
Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen
|
| belligerent |
Hungary
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| commander |
Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
Hermann Balck ⓘ Sepp Dietrich ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Germany
ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| datePrecision | month and year known ⓘ |
| describedAs | last major German offensive of World War II ⓘ |
| endDate | 1945-03-15 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Vienna Offensive ⓘ |
| front | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | marked the exhaustion of German offensive capabilities on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
6th Panzer Army
ⓘ
surface form:
6th SS Panzer Army
2nd Panzer Army ⓘ
surface form:
German 2nd Panzer Army
German 6th Army ⓘ Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front ⓘ |
| location |
Hungary
ⓘ
Lake Balaton ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Balaton region
Transdanubia ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
conducted in difficult spring thaw conditions
ⓘ
heavy use of German armored formations ⓘ |
| objective |
halt the Soviet advance toward Vienna
ⓘ
secure oil fields in Hungary ⓘ stabilize the German southern front ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Fyodor Tolbukhin
ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ |
| outcome | German offensive failed ⓘ |
| partOf | final stages of World War II in Europe ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of the Bulge ⓘ |
| result | Soviet victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1945-03-06 ⓘ |
| strategicContext |
German attempt to delay Soviet advance into Austria
ⓘ
German attempt to protect remaining oil resources ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| year | 1945 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.