Battle of Kolberg (1945)

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battle siege

The Battle of Kolberg (1945) was a late-World War II siege in which Soviet and Polish forces captured the heavily fortified German Baltic port city of Kolberg, contributing to the final collapse of Nazi Germany.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Schlacht um Kolberg (1945)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ siege ⓘ
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ Polish People’s Army ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
characterizedBy	heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ naval evacuation operations ⓘ street fighting ⓘ urban combat ⓘ
commandedBy	Polish General Stanisław Popławski ⓘ Soviet commanders of the 1st Belorussian Front ⓘ
conflictIn	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
contributedTo	Soviet advance into Pomerania ⓘ collapse of Nazi Germany ⓘ securing Baltic Sea coast for the Red Army ⓘ
defendedBy	German Colonel Fritz Fullriede ⓘ
defensiveStatus	fortress city ⓘ
followedBy	Soviet advance toward Berlin ⓘ
fortifications	bunkers ⓘ coastal batteries ⓘ field fortifications ⓘ
hasEndDate	1945-03-18 ⓘ
hasGermanName	Battle of Kolberg (1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Schlacht um Kolberg (1945)
hasObjective	capture of the port of Kolberg ⓘ elimination of German strongpoint on Baltic coast ⓘ securing evacuation routes for civilians and troops ⓘ
hasResult	German defeat ⓘ Soviet and Polish victory ⓘ capture of Kolberg by Soviet and Polish forces ⓘ
hasStartDate	1945-03-04 ⓘ
historicalRegion	Pomerania ⓘ
involvedUnit	1st Polish Army ⓘ German fortress garrison of Kolberg ⓘ 1st Belorussian Front ⓘ surface form: Red Army units of the 1st Belorussian Front
involves	evacuation of German civilians ⓘ evacuation of German military personnel ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
locatedOn	Baltic Sea ⓘ
modernLocation	Kołobrzeg ⓘ surface form: Kołobrzeg, Poland
opposedBy	Kriegsmarine ⓘ Volkssturm ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	World War II ⓘ
precededBy	East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ
relatedTo	Operation Hannibal ⓘ
timePeriod	March 1945 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea coast Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: German Reich Kolberg ⓘ Pomerania ⓘ

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

1st Polish Army → engagedInBattle → Battle of Kolberg (1945) ⓘ

Battle of Kolberg (1945) → hasGermanName → Battle of Kolberg (1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schlacht um Kolberg (1945)