Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive

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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 Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
surface form: 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 District of Galicia
surface form: Galicia
liberatedCity Lwów
surface form: Lviv
location Lviv region
Sandomierz Voivodeship
surface form: Sandomierz region

southern Poland
Western Ukraine
surface form: 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
surface form: Army Group North Ukraine

German 1st Panzer Army
German 4th Panzer Army
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
planningAuthority Soviet High Command
surface form: Soviet General Staff
precededBy Lublin–Brest Offensive
surface form: 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

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Operation Bagration coordinatedWith Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
German 4th Panzer Army operation Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive precededBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
this entity surface form: Lublin–Brest Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive precededBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Soviet 60th Army operationParticipatedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
1st Ukrainian Front participatedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Heeresgruppe Süd participatedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive alsoKnownAs Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
this entity surface form: Lviv–Sandomierz Offensive
Ivan Konev participatedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Crimean offensive (1944) followedBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
this entity surface form: Lvov–Sandomierz offensive
38th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
this entity surface form: Lvov–Sandomierz offensive
German 1st Panzer Army engagedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 hasPart Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive followedBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
World War II military operations in Poland hasPart Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
2nd Guards Tank Corps tookPartIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
5th Guards Army notableFor Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
1st Tank Army engagement Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
3rd Guards Tank Army engagedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
13th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
this entity surface form: Lvov–Sandomierz offensive
Battle of the Dukla Pass precededBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Carpathian-Dukla Offensive precededBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Kamenets-Podolsky pocket followedBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Soviet 13th Army participatedIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
this entity surface form: Lvov–Sandomierz offensive
Defense of the Eastern Front notableEngagement Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army tookPartIn Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
subject surface form: 2nd Guards Tank Army
Belorussian strategic offensive operation followedBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
this entity surface form: Lvov–Sandomierz offensive