Warsaw–Praga offensive

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The Warsaw–Praga offensive was a major World War II Red Army and Polish operation in 1944 that captured the eastern bank of Warsaw from German forces, paving the way for the liberation of the city.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front operation
military offensive
belligerent Nazi Germany
Polish People’s Army
Soviet Union
campaign Soviet 1944 summer–autumn campaign
combatantStrength 1st Polish Army divisions
multiple Soviet armies
commander Konstantin Rokossovsky
Michał Rola-Żymierski
Nikolai Berzarin NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
country Poland
endDate 1944-09-14
followedBy Vistula–Oder offensive
front Eastern Front
location Praga
Vistula River eastern bank
Warsaw
militaryUnit 1st Belorussian Front
1st Polish Army
47th Army (Soviet Union)
70th Army (Soviet Union)
8th Guards Army
objective seize bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Vistula opposite Warsaw
support advance toward central Poland
opponent German Army Group A
Wehrmacht
opposedBy German armored units
German infantry divisions
partOf Lublin–Brest offensive
Soviet summer offensive of 1944
precededBy Lublin–Brest offensive
relatedEvent Warsaw Uprising
liberation of Warsaw in January 1945
result German forces driven from east bank of Vistula in Warsaw area
Soviet and Polish victory
capture of Praga district
capture of eastern bank of Warsaw
river Vistula River
significance paved the way for the liberation of Warsaw
secured approach routes to Warsaw for the Red Army
startDate 1944-09-10
strategicGoal establish positions for a later assault on western Warsaw
theater European theatre of World War II
timePeriod September 1944
year 1944

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
1st Polish Army
1st Polish Army ("Battle of Warsaw (1944–1945 eastern bank operations)")
engagedInBattle
Lublin–Brest Offensive ("Warsaw–Praga Offensive")
followedBy

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