Baltic offensive (1944)

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World War II Eastern Front campaign military offensive

The Baltic offensive (1944) was a major World War II Soviet military campaign that drove German forces out of the Baltic states and cut off Army Group North.

Aliases (5)

Baltic States campaign ×3
Riga offensive (1944) ×2
Baltic operations ×1
Battle of Narva (1944) ×1
Battle of Riga (1944) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II Eastern Front campaign → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	Baltic strategic offensive operation →
belligerent	Estonian units in Wehrmacht → Latvian Legion → Lithuanian units in Wehrmacht → Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
campaign	Soviet 1944 summer–autumn strategic offensives →
commander	Ferdinand Schörner → Georg von Küchler → Ivan Bagramyan → Ivan Maslennikov → Leonid Govorov →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Germany → Soviet Union →
effect	isolation of Army Group North in Courland Pocket → restoration of Soviet control over Baltic states →
endDate	1944-11-24 →
followedBy	Courland Pocket battles →
frontInvolved	1st Baltic Front → 2nd Baltic Front → 3rd Baltic Front → Leningrad Front →
historicalRegion	Eastern Europe →
location	Baltic states → Estonia → Latvia → Lithuania → eastern front of World War II →
notableBattle	Battle of Memel → Battle of Riga (1944) → Battle of the Tannenberg Line →
objective	cut off Army Group North from the rest of German forces → expel German forces from the Baltic states →
opponent	Army Group North →
partOf	Eastern Front (World War II) →
precededBy	Operation Bagration →
result	Soviet victory →
startDate	1944-09-14 →
subOperation	Memel offensive operation → Moonsund Landing Operation → Riga offensive (1944) → Tallinn offensive (1944) → Šiauliai offensive →
theater	Baltic Sea region →
timePeriod	1944 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army Group North ("Battle of Narva (1944)") → Baltic offensive (1944) ("Battle of Riga (1944)") →	notableBattle
1st Baltic Front ("Riga offensive (1944)") → 1st Baltic Front →	tookPartIn
Luftflotte 1 (in air support role) ("Baltic States campaign") →	campaign
18th Army (Wehrmacht) ("Baltic States campaign") →	notableEngagement
16th Army (Wehrmacht) ("Baltic operations") →	notableOperation
Army Group North ("Baltic States campaign") →	operation
Andrey Yeremenko →	participatedIn
Baltic offensive (1944) ("Riga offensive (1944)") →	subOperation