Lublin–Brest Offensive

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World War II Eastern Front operation military offensive

The Lublin–Brest Offensive was a major 1944 Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in World War II that pushed German forces westward through eastern Poland and Belarus, helping pave the way for the liberation of Warsaw and the advance into central Europe.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lublin–Brest offensive 2
Kovel–Lublin Offensive 1
Lublin–Brest Operation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt destroying German Army Group Centre formations ⓘ
securing bridgeheads on the Vistula River ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Lublin–Brest Operation
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
capturedCity Brest (Belarus) ⓘ
surface form: Brest

Chełm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siedlce NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatant Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
commandedBy Ivan Chernyakhovsky ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
conductedBy Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Red Army
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1944-08-02 ⓘ
followedBy Warsaw–Praga offensive ⓘ
surface form: Warsaw–Praga Offensive
frontlineShift German forces pushed westward ⓘ
historicalRegion Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form: Byelorussian SSR

eastern Poland during German occupation ⓘ
involvedUnit Army Group Centre ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group Centre

Army Group North ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group North Ukraine

1st Belorussian Front ⓘ
surface form: Soviet 1st Belorussian Front

2nd Belorussian Front ⓘ
surface form: Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front
location Belarus ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
eastern Poland ⓘ
objective advance toward Warsaw ⓘ
liberate eastern Poland ⓘ
push German forces westward ⓘ
opposingCommander Josef Harpe ⓘ
Walter Model NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Operation Bagration ⓘ
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 ⓘ
precededBy Belostok Offensive ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1944-07-18 ⓘ
strategicEffect breach of German defensive lines in eastern Poland ⓘ
facilitated Soviet advance into central Europe ⓘ
paved way for liberation of Warsaw ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
timePeriod August 1944 ⓘ
July 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Lublin–Brest Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lublin–Brest Operation
1st Polish Army → engagedInBattle → Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 → hasPart → Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
Warsaw–Praga offensive → partOf → Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lublin–Brest offensive
1st Belorussian Front → participatedIn → Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
8th Guards Army → participatedIn → Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive → precededBy → Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kovel–Lublin Offensive
Warsaw–Praga offensive → precededBy → Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lublin–Brest offensive