Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive

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World War II Eastern Front campaign military offensive

The Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive was a major 1944 Red Army campaign on the Eastern Front in World War II that crushed German forces in western Ukraine and southern Poland, opening the way toward central Europe.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II Eastern Front campaign → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	Lviv–Sandomierz Offensive →
belligerent	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
combatant	Red Army → Wehrmacht →
commander	Ivan Konev → Ivan Petrov →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Germany → Poland → Soviet Union →
datePeriod	July–August 1944 →
endDate	1944-08-29 →
followedBy	Vistula–Oder Offensive →
front	Eastern Front →
historicalRegion	Eastern Galicia →
involvedUnit	1st Ukrainian Front → 4th Ukrainian Front →
liberatedArea	Galicia →
liberatedCity	Lviv →
location	Lviv region → Sandomierz region → southern Poland → western Ukraine →
objective	advance into southern Poland → destroy German Army Group North Ukraine → liberate western Ukraine → secure bridgeheads over the Vistula River →
opposingCommander	Hans-Valentin Hube → Josef Harpe →
opposingUnit	Army Group North Ukraine → German 1st Panzer Army → German 4th Panzer Army →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II →
planningAuthority	Soviet General Staff →
precededBy	Kovel–Lublin Offensive →
result	decisive Soviet victory →
riverCrossed	Vistula River →
significance	one of the major Soviet summer offensives of 1944 →
startDate	1944-07-13 →
strategicEffect	created large Soviet bridgehead at Sandomierz on the Vistula → opened the way toward central Europe for the Red Army → severely weakened German Army Group North Ukraine →
timeframeRelation	roughly concurrent with Operation Bagration →
typeOfOperation	deep offensive operation →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Ukrainian Front → 38th Army (Red Army) ("Lvov–Sandomierz offensive") → Heeresgruppe Süd → Ivan Konev →	participatedIn
Vistula–Oder Offensive ("Lublin–Brest Offensive") → Vistula–Oder Offensive →	precededBy
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ("Lviv–Sandomierz Offensive") →	alsoKnownAs
Operation Bagration →	coordinatedWith
German 1st Panzer Army →	engagedIn
Crimean offensive (1944) ("Lvov–Sandomierz offensive") →	followedBy
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 →	hasPart
German 4th Panzer Army →	operation
Soviet 60th Army →	operationParticipatedIn