East Pomeranian Offensive

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World War II battle military offensive

The East Pomeranian Offensive was a major 1945 Soviet military campaign that cleared German forces from Pomerania, securing the Red Army’s northern flank in preparation for the final assault on Berlin.

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Label Occurrences
East Pomeranian Offensive canonical 19
East Pomeranian offensive 2
East Pomeranian Operation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
surface form: East Pomeranian Operation
belligerent Army Group North ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group North

Army Group Vistula ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group Vistula

Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
civilianImpact mass displacement of German civilian population from Pomerania ⓘ
commander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky ⓘ
surface form: Ivan Chernyakhovsky

Konstantin Kurochkin ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
conductedBy Soviet High Command ⓘ
surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
datePeriod February–April 1945 ⓘ
endDate 1945-04-04 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Berlin Offensive
location East Prussia ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
northern Poland ⓘ
militaryUnitInvolved 1st Belorussian Front ⓘ
1st Polish Army ⓘ
2nd Belorussian Front ⓘ
3rd Belorussian Front ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Danzig (1945) ⓘ
Battle of Gdynia ⓘ
Battle of Kolberg ⓘ
Battle of Köslin ⓘ
objective clear German forces from Pomerania ⓘ
prepare for the final assault on Berlin ⓘ
secure the Red Army’s northern flank ⓘ
opposingCommander Dietrich von Saucken ⓘ
Heinz Guderian ⓘ
Heinz Reinefarth ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive ⓘ
result German forces expelled from most of Pomerania ⓘ
Soviet control of Baltic coast in the region ⓘ
Soviet victory ⓘ
isolation of German forces in East Prussia ⓘ
securing of northern flank for Berlin Offensive ⓘ
startDate 1945-02-10 ⓘ
strategicSignificance eliminated German capability to counterattack from the north against Soviet forces advancing on Berlin ⓘ
territorialChange Soviet and Polish forces occupy eastern Pomerania ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ

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

Battle of Berlin → precededBy → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Vistula–Oder Offensive → followedBy → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
1st Belorussian Front → participatedIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Army Group Vistula → engagedIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Army Group Vistula → facedOffensive → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet East Pomeranian Offensive
East Pomeranian Offensive → alsoKnownAs → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Pomeranian Operation
2nd Belorussian Front → tookPartIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
8th Guards Army → participatedIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Kolberg (1945) → precededBy → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
World War II military operations in Poland → hasPart → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Danzig (1945) → partOf → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Soviet Berlin Offensive Operation → precededBy → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Kolberg → partOf → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Kolberg → precededBy → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet advance into Pomerania
Battle of Kolberg → associatedWith → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Pomeranian campaign
Battle of Gdynia → partOf → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Köslin → partOf → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Defence of the Oder line → relatedEvent → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Konstantin Kurochkin → participatedIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
Soviet 3rd Army → participatedIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
47th Army (Soviet Union) → participatedIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
70th Army (Soviet Union) → participatedIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Pomeranian offensive
49th Army → participatedIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Pomeranian offensive
Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army → tookPartIn → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
subject surface form: 2nd Guards Tank Army
Soviet 3rd Shock Army → notableBattle → East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ