Bratislava–Brno Offensive

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World War II military operation military offensive

The Bratislava–Brno Offensive was a major World War II Soviet military operation in 1945 that liberated much of western Slovakia and parts of Moravia from Nazi German control.

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Label	Occurrences
Bratislava–Brno Offensive canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military operation ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt	destroying German forces in western Slovakia ⓘ securing crossings over the Morava River ⓘ
belligerent	1st Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatantCasualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander	Fyodor Tolbukhin NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximilian de Angelis NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfLiberation	Bratislava 1945-04-04 ⓘ Brno 1945-04-26 ⓘ
endDate	1945-05-05 ⓘ
followedBy	Prague Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
front	1st Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Moravia NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ South-eastern Moravia NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Slovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	capture of Bratislava ⓘ capture of Brno ⓘ liberation of western Slovakia ⓘ penetration into Moravia ⓘ
opponent	Army Group South NERFINISHED ⓘ German 8th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet offensives of 1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Budapest Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	German retreat from western Slovakia ⓘ Soviet victory ⓘ breach of German defensive lines on the Hron River ⓘ liberation of Bratislava ⓘ liberation of Brno ⓘ liberation of much of western Slovakia ⓘ liberation of parts of Moravia ⓘ
startDate	1945-03-25 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	opened the way for the Prague Offensive ⓘ weakened German positions in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
theatre	Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	spring 1945 ⓘ

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Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front → tookPartIn → Bratislava–Brno Offensive ⓘ

subject surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front