Lower Silesian Offensive
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The Lower Silesian Offensive was a World War II Soviet military campaign in early 1945 aimed at pushing German forces out of Lower Silesia and advancing toward Berlin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lower Silesian Offensive canonical | 7 |
| Lower Silesian offensive | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T386054 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Lower Silesian Offensive Context triple: [Vistula–Oder Offensive, followedBy, Lower Silesian Offensive]
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A.
East Pomeranian Offensive
The East Pomeranian Offensive was a major 1945 Soviet military campaign that cleared German forces from Pomerania, securing the Red Army’s northern flank in preparation for the final assault on Berlin.
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B.
Vistula–Oder Offensive
The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army campaign in early 1945 that rapidly pushed German forces from central Poland to the Oder River, paving the way for the final assault on Berlin.
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C.
East Prussian Offensive
The East Prussian Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army campaign in early 1945 that invaded and captured Germany’s East Prussia, contributing directly to the collapse of Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Lvov–Sandomierz 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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Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
The Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation was a major Red Army campaign in August 1943 that exploited the victory at Kursk to liberate Belgorod and Kharkov, driving German forces back in southern Russia during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lower Silesian Offensive Target entity description: The Lower Silesian Offensive was a World War II Soviet military campaign in early 1945 aimed at pushing German forces out of Lower Silesia and advancing toward Berlin.
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A.
East Pomeranian Offensive
The East Pomeranian Offensive was a major 1945 Soviet military campaign that cleared German forces from Pomerania, securing the Red Army’s northern flank in preparation for the final assault on Berlin.
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B.
Vistula–Oder Offensive
The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army campaign in early 1945 that rapidly pushed German forces from central Poland to the Oder River, paving the way for the final assault on Berlin.
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C.
East Prussian Offensive
The East Prussian Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army campaign in early 1945 that invaded and captured Germany’s East Prussia, contributing directly to the collapse of Nazi Germany in World War II.
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D.
Lvov–Sandomierz 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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E.
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
The Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation was a major Red Army campaign in August 1943 that exploited the victory at Kursk to liberate Belgorod and Kharkov, driving German forces back in southern Russia during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II Eastern Front operation
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military offensive ⓘ |
| aimedAt | German Army Group Centre positions in Lower Silesia ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| combatant |
Red Army
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Ivan Konev
ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ
surface form:
Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev
|
| commanderSideSoviet | 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| datePeriod | February 1945 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1945-02-24 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin Offensive
Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ |
| front | 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ |
| historicalEra | late World War II ⓘ |
| involvedUnitGerman |
German 17th Army
ⓘ
surface form:
17th Army (Wehrmacht)
German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ
surface form:
4th Panzer Army
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| involvedUnitSoviet |
13th Army (Red Army)
ⓘ
3rd Guards Tank Army ⓘ 4th Tank Army ⓘ 52nd Army (Red Army) ⓘ |
| location |
Germany (1945 borders)
ⓘ
Lower Silesia ⓘ Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Poland (postwar territory)
Silesia ⓘ |
| objective |
advance Soviet forces closer to Berlin
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push German forces out of Lower Silesia ⓘ secure the left flank of the Soviet advance toward Berlin ⓘ |
| opponent |
Army Group Centre
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surface form:
German Army Group Centre
|
| partOf |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front of World War II
Vistula–Oder Offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Vistula–Oder strategic offensive operations
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| precededBy | Vistula–Oder Offensive ⓘ |
| result |
German forces driven back toward the Neisse River
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Soviet capture of most of Lower Silesia ⓘ Soviet victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1945-02-08 ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
reduced German capacity to defend Silesian industrial region
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secured the southern flank of the Soviet drive on Berlin ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| timeframeRelative | after the Vistula–Oder Offensive and before the Berlin Offensive ⓘ |
| typeOfOperation | combined arms offensive ⓘ |
| year | 1945 ⓘ |
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Subject: Lower Silesian Offensive Description of subject: The Lower Silesian Offensive was a World War II Soviet military campaign in early 1945 aimed at pushing German forces out of Lower Silesia and advancing toward Berlin.
Referenced by (8)
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