Operation Ostra Brama

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Operation Ostra Brama was a major World War II Home Army offensive in July 1944 aimed at liberating Vilnius from German occupation before the arrival of Soviet forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Home Army operation ⓘ
World War II operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aftermath arrest and deportation of numerous Home Army soldiers ⓘ
disarmament of many Home Army units by the Red Army and NKVD ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Gate of Dawn ⓘ
Wilk ⓘ
associatedWith Polish–Soviet tensions in 1944 ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Home Army (Armia Krajowa) ⓘ
surface form: Polish Home Army

Wehrmacht ⓘ
codenameMeaning Gate of Dawn in Vilnius ⓘ
commander Aleksander Krzyżanowski ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country German-occupied Poland ⓘ
dateContext conducted during Operation Bagration ⓘ
endDate 1944-07-14 ⓘ
followedBy Vilnius Uprising (1944) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet–NKVD repression of Home Army units in Vilnius region
front Soviet Red Army advance toward Vilnius ⓘ
historicalRegion former Second Polish Republic eastern territories ⓘ
involvedForce units of the Home Army Nowogródek District ⓘ
units of the Home Army Vilnius District ⓘ
legacy commemorated in Poland and Lithuania as a major WWII operation ⓘ
location Vilnius ⓘ
Vilnius Region ⓘ
objective capture of Vilnius before arrival of Soviet forces ⓘ
liberation of Vilnius from German occupation ⓘ
opponent German garrison of Vilnius ⓘ
partOf Operation Tempest in eastern Poland ⓘ
surface form: Operation Tempest
plannedBy Home Army Nowogródek District Command ⓘ
Home Army Vilnius District Command ⓘ
preparationPeriod spring–summer 1944 ⓘ
relatedEvent Vilnius offensive ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Vilnius offensive

liberation of Vilnius ⓘ
relatedOrganization Home Army (Armia Krajowa) ⓘ
surface form: Armia Krajowa
relatedPlace Gate of Dawn in Vilnius ⓘ
surface form: Gate of Dawn, Vilnius
result capture of most of Vilnius by Polish Home Army units ⓘ
subsequent takeover of Vilnius by Soviet Red Army ⓘ
significance largest Home Army action in the Vilnius region ⓘ
part of Polish attempt to assert sovereignty before Soviet occupation ⓘ
startDate 1944-07-07 ⓘ
strategy attack from outside and inside the city ⓘ
coordinated uprising against German garrison ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
timePeriod July 1944 ⓘ
typeOfAction insurgent uprising ⓘ
urban offensive ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Tempest in eastern Poland → relatedTo → Operation Ostra Brama ⓘ
Home Army (Armia Krajowa) → notableOperation → Operation Ostra Brama ⓘ
subject surface form: Home Army
Home Army → notableOperation → Operation Ostra Brama ⓘ
Lwów Uprising (1944) → alsoKnownAs → Operation Ostra Brama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akcja „Burza” we Lwowie
Vilnius Uprising (1944) → alsoKnownAs → Operation Ostra Brama ⓘ
Operation Gate of Dawn → alsoKnownAs → Operation Ostra Brama ⓘ
Operation Gate of Dawn → alsoKnownAs → Operation Ostra Brama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish: Operacja „Ostra Brama”