Vistula–Oder Offensive

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The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army campaign in early 1945 that rapidly pushed German forces from central Poland to the Oder River, paving the way for the final assault on Berlin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front operation of World War II
military offensive
aim to advance Soviet forces from the Vistula River to the Oder River
to destroy German Army Group A
alsoKnownAs Vistula–Oder Offensive
surface form: Vistula–Oder Strategic Offensive Operation
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
casualties heavy casualties on both sides
combatant Red Army
Wehrmacht
commander Georgy Zhukov
Ivan Konev
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1945-02-02
followedBy Battle of Berlin
East Pomeranian Offensive
Lower Silesian Offensive
Upper Silesian Offensive
frontLineChange Soviet front moved from the Vistula line to the Oder line
involvedUnit 1st Belorussian Front
1st Ukrainian Front
location Central Poland
Germany
Oder River
Poland
Silesia
Vistula River
logistics launched from the Vistula bridgeheads including Magnuszew and Baranów
militaryDoctrine deep operation
notableCityCaptured Kraków
surface form: Krakow

Łódź
surface form: Lodz

Poznań
surface form: Poznan (encircled and later captured)

Warsaw
operationScale one of the largest Soviet offensives of World War II
opposingCommander Ferdinand Schörner
Josef Harpe
outcome collapse of German front in Poland
rapid Soviet advance into central Europe
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
precededBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
surface form: Lublin–Brest Offensive

Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
result decisive Soviet victory
startDate 1945-01-12
strategicConsequence brought Soviet forces to the Oder River
paved the way for the Battle of Berlin
timePeriod February 1945
January 1945

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Subject: Vistula–Oder Offensive
Description of subject: The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army campaign in early 1945 that rapidly pushed German forces from central Poland to the Oder River, paving the way for the final assault on Berlin.

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Eastern Front conflict Vistula–Oder Offensive
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Polish Armed Forces in the East engagedInBattle Vistula–Oder Offensive
Battle of Berlin precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
Operation Bagration followedBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
German 4th Panzer Army operation Vistula–Oder Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive alsoKnownAs Vistula–Oder Offensive
this entity surface form: Vistula–Oder Strategic Offensive Operation
1st Polish Army engagedInBattle Vistula–Oder Offensive
Soviet-German Front majorOperation Vistula–Oder Offensive
Soviet 60th Army operationParticipatedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
RKKA notableBattle Vistula–Oder Offensive
1st Belorussian Front participatedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
1st Ukrainian Front participatedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Heeresgruppe Süd participatedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Georgy Zhukov notableWork Vistula–Oder Offensive
Army Group Vistula engagedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
this entity surface form: Battle of the Oder–Neisse
Army Group Vistula facedOffensive Vistula–Oder Offensive
this entity surface form: Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive
Army Group Centre tookPartIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
East Pomeranian Offensive precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
2nd Belorussian Front tookPartIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
East Prussian Offensive precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive followedBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
8th Guards Army notableFor Vistula–Oder Offensive
8th Guards Army participatedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Ivan Konev participatedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Lower Silesian Offensive partOf Vistula–Oder Offensive
this entity surface form: Vistula–Oder strategic offensive operations
Lower Silesian Offensive precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
Soviet Red Army advance from the east keyBattle Vistula–Oder Offensive
Upper Silesian Offensive partOf Vistula–Oder Offensive
this entity surface form: Vistula–Oder strategic offensive operations
German 1st Panzer Army engagedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Warsaw–Praga offensive followedBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
this entity surface form: Vistula–Oder offensive
Josef Harpe participantIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Soviet deep operations doctrine appliedInOperation Vistula–Oder Offensive
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 followedBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
this entity surface form: Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive
Heiligenbeil pocket operations relatedEvent Vistula–Oder Offensive
World War II military operations in Poland hasPart Vistula–Oder Offensive
2nd Guards Tank Corps tookPartIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Battle of Danzig (1945) relatedEvent Vistula–Oder Offensive
Battle of Bautzen relatedEvent Vistula–Oder Offensive
Soviet Berlin Offensive Operation precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
Battle of Gdynia militaryCampaign Vistula–Oder Offensive
this entity surface form: Soviet Vistula–Oder and follow‑on operations
Vasily Sokolovsky participantIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II engagedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
Mława–Elbing Offensive precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
5th Guards Tank Army notableEngagement Vistula–Oder Offensive
5th Guards Army notableFor Vistula–Oder Offensive
69th Army participatedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive
1st Tank Army engagement Vistula–Oder Offensive
Battle of the Seelow Heights precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
Defence of the Oder line precededBy Vistula–Oder Offensive
Georgy Zakharov participatedIn Vistula–Oder Offensive