Battle of Lenino

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Lenino was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in October 1943 in which newly formed Polish forces fighting alongside the Soviet Red Army saw their first major combat against German troops.

Aliases (1)

Bitwa pod Lenino ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	Bitwa pod Lenino →
belligerent	Germany → Polish People’s Army → Soviet Red Army →
casualties	German casualties → heavy Polish casualties → significant Soviet casualties →
combatant	1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division → Red Army → Wehrmacht →
commander	Zygmunt Berling →
commemoratedBy	military decorations in the People’s Republic of Poland →
commemoratedOn	Polish Armed Forces Day in the People’s Republic of Poland →
conflict	World War II →
country	Soviet Union →
date	October 1943 →
endDate	1943-10-13 →
followedBy	further operations toward Smolensk →
front	Eastern Front →
hasPart	1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division →
historicalPeriod	20th century →
historicalRegion	Byelorussian SSR →
involves	Polish–Soviet military cooperation → armored units → artillery support →
location	near Smolensk →
notableFor	use in postwar Polish communist propaganda →
opponent	Nazi Germany → Poland → Soviet Union →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II →
place	Lenino →
politicalContext	formation of Soviet-backed Polish forces →
precededBy	Soviet summer offensives of 1943 →
relatedTo	1st Polish Army (People’s Army of Poland) → Polish People’s Army →
result	inconclusive → tactically inconclusive →
significance	first major combat of the Polish People’s Army → first major engagement of Soviet-aligned Polish forces →
startDate	1943-10-12 →
strategicObjective	breakthrough of German defensive lines near Smolensk →
theater	Soviet–German War →
typeOfEngagement	infantry assault →
year	1943 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Polish Army → Polish Armed Forces in the East →	engagedInBattle
Battle of Lenino ("Bitwa pod Lenino") →	alsoKnownAs