Battle of Lenino
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Lenino canonical | 6 |
| Bitwa pod Lenino | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
ⓘ
battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Lenino
ⓘ
surface form:
Bitwa pod Lenino
|
| belligerent |
Germany
ⓘ
Polish People’s Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ
surface form:
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 Soviet Socialist Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Byelorussian SSR
|
| involves |
Polish–Soviet relations
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet–German War
|
| typeOfEngagement | infantry assault ⓘ |
| year | 1943 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bitwa pod Lenino