Upper Silesian Offensive

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The Upper Silesian Offensive was a major 1945 Red Army operation in World War II aimed at seizing the industrially vital Upper Silesia region from Nazi Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Upper Silesian Offensive
surface form: Upper Silesian Offensive Operation
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
category 1945 in Germany
Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II
History of Silesia
Military operations of the Soviet Union in World War II
combatant Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
commander Ferdinand Schörner
Ivan Konev
conductedBy 1st Ukrainian Front
surface form: 1st Ukrainian Front of the Red Army
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Germany
Soviet Union
defendedBy Army Group Centre
surface form: German Army Group Centre
endDate 1945-03-31
followedBy Battle of Berlin
surface form: Berlin Offensive
goal seizure of the industrial region of Upper Silesia
historicalPeriod late stages of World War II in Europe
involvedBranch Wehrmacht
surface form: German Army

Soviet Ground Forces
surface form: Red Army ground forces
location Germany
surface form: Germany (1937 borders)

Silesia
Upper Silesia
objective capture of industrial facilities in Upper Silesia
opponentCommander Ferdinand Schörner
outcome Soviet capture of most of Upper Silesia
participatingUnit 1st Ukrainian Front
Army Group Centre
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

Vistula–Oder Offensive
surface form: Vistula–Oder strategic offensive operations
precededBy Lower Silesian Offensive
result Soviet victory
startDate 1945-03-15
strategicSignificance denial of German access to key industrial resources
protection of the southern flank of the Soviet advance on Berlin
theater Eastern Front
typeOfOperation offensive operation
year 1945

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Vistula–Oder Offensive followedBy Upper Silesian Offensive
Soviet 60th Army operationParticipatedIn Upper Silesian Offensive
1st Ukrainian Front participatedIn Upper Silesian Offensive
8th Guards Army notableFor Upper Silesian Offensive
this entity surface form: Silesian Offensives
Lower Silesian Offensive followedBy Upper Silesian Offensive
Upper Silesian Offensive alsoKnownAs Upper Silesian Offensive
this entity surface form: Upper Silesian Offensive Operation
5th Guards Army participatedIn Upper Silesian Offensive
1st Tank Army engagement Upper Silesian Offensive
Defence of the Oder line relatedEvent Upper Silesian Offensive
3rd Guards Tank Army engagedIn Upper Silesian Offensive
52nd Army (Red Army) participatedIn Upper Silesian Offensive
this entity surface form: Upper Silesian offensive