Soviet 1944 spring offensives
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The Soviet 1944 spring offensives were a series of major Red Army operations that decisively pushed German forces westward on the Eastern Front, liberating large parts of Soviet territory and shifting the strategic balance of World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military campaign
ⓘ
series of military operations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Soviet 1944 spring offensives
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surface form:
Red Army 1944 spring offensives
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| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| commander |
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Ivan Konev ⓘ Joseph Stalin ⓘ Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944-06 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Belorussian strategic offensive operation
ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Bagration
|
| frontInvolved |
1st Baltic Front
ⓘ
1st Belorussian Front ⓘ 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ 2nd Belorussian Front ⓘ Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form:
2nd Ukrainian Front
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form:
3rd Ukrainian Front
4th Ukrainian Front ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
set conditions for Operation Bagration and later 1944 Soviet advances
ⓘ
weakened German Army Group South and Army Group A ⓘ |
| includes |
Crimean offensive (1944)
ⓘ
surface form:
Crimean offensive
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky follow‑up operations ⓘ Kovel offensive ⓘ Odessa offensive ⓘ Polesskoe offensive ⓘ Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Proskurov–Chernovtsy offensive
Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ |
| location |
Baltic region
ⓘ
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Belorussia
Eastern Front ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| objective |
liberate occupied Soviet territory
ⓘ
push German forces westward ⓘ shift strategic balance on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Erich von Manstein
ⓘ
Ferdinand Schörner ⓘ Walter Model ⓘ |
| participant |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Front of World War II
ⓘ
Soviet 1944 campaign ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Soviet winter campaign of 1943–1944
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surface form:
Soviet 1943–44 winter offensives
|
| result |
German forces forced into strategic retreat
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decisive Soviet victory ⓘ large parts of Soviet territory liberated ⓘ strategic initiative seized by the Red Army ⓘ |
| startTime | 1944-03 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Soviet winter–spring campaigns of 1944
this entity surface form:
Soviet winter–spring campaign of 1944
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Soviet offensives of 1944
this entity surface form:
Red Army 1944 spring offensives
this entity surface form:
Soviet spring–summer preparations of 1944