Balaton Defensive Operation

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Soviet strategic defensive operation military operation

The Balaton Defensive Operation was a World War II Soviet military campaign in March 1945 that successfully repelled Germany’s last major offensive on the Eastern Front near Lake Balaton in Hungary.

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Label	Occurrences
Balaton Defensive Operation canonical	1
Balaton defensive operation	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet strategic defensive operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Balaton Defensive Operation of the 3rd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBy	Fyodor Tolbukhin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryInvolved	Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate	1945-03-15 ⓘ
followedBy	Vienna Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontlineFeature	Drava River NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Balaton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sárviz Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	Germany’s last major armored offensive on the Eastern Front ⓘ
involvedArm	air support ⓘ armored warfare ⓘ artillery ⓘ infantry forces ⓘ
location	Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Balaton region NERFINISHED ⓘ Transdanubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryUnitInvolved	2nd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ 3rd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ 6th SS Panzer Army NERFINISHED ⓘ German Army Group South NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	to repel Germany’s last major offensive on the Eastern Front ⓘ
opponent	German 6th SS Panzer Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Spring Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Sepp Dietrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedOperation	Operation Frühlingserwachen NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ final Soviet offensives in Central Europe ⓘ
precededBy	Budapest Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryBelligerentSide	Allies ⓘ Axis NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	German offensive repelled ⓘ Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate	1945-03-06 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	secured Soviet positions for the Vienna Offensive ⓘ thwarted German attempt to stabilize the Southern Front ⓘ
theatre	Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	March 1945 ⓘ
year	1945 ⓘ

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Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front → participatedIn → Balaton Defensive Operation ⓘ

Soviet 57th Army → tookPartIn → Balaton Defensive Operation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balaton defensive operation