Soviet summer offensive of 1944
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The Soviet summer offensive of 1944 was a major Red Army campaign on the Eastern Front that shattered German and Finnish defenses, driving Axis forces back and decisively shifting the balance of power in the region.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
campaign of the Eastern Front of World War II
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military offensive ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Soviet summer offensive of 1944
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surface form:
Soviet summer–autumn campaign of 1944
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| belligerent |
Finland
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Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| consequence |
Finland’s decision to seek an armistice with the Soviet Union
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Soviet advance into the Baltic region ⓘ Soviet advance to the Vistula River ⓘ collapse of German Army Group Centre ⓘ heavy German manpower and materiel losses ⓘ liberation of most of Belorussia ⓘ loss of German strategic initiative on the Eastern Front ⓘ major shift in the balance of power on the Eastern Front ⓘ separation of German Army Group North from the rest of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944-09 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Vistula–Oder Offensive
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surface form:
Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive
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| hasPart |
Belostok Offensive
ⓘ
Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Kaunas offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Kaunas Offensive
Lublin–Brest Offensive ⓘ Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ⓘ Baltic Offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Narva Offensive
Operation Bagration ⓘ Tartu Offensive ⓘ Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
Šiauliai offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Šiauliai Offensive
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| location |
Baltic states
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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Belorussian SSR
Karelia ⓘ Karelian Isthmus ⓘ Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian SSR
eastern Poland ⓘ |
| objective |
destroy German Army Group Centre
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drive Axis forces back toward central Europe ⓘ force Finland out of the war ⓘ push German forces out of Belorussia ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Finland
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Nazi Germany ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| participant |
Red Army
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Front
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surface form:
Eastern Front of World War II
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| precededBy |
Soviet 1944 spring offensives
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surface form:
Soviet winter–spring campaigns of 1944
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| result | decisive Soviet victory ⓘ |
| startTime | 1944-06 ⓘ |
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Soviet 1944 summer–autumn strategic offensives
this entity surface form:
Soviet summer–autumn campaign of 1944
this entity surface form:
Soviet 1944 summer offensives
this entity surface form:
Soviet summer offensives of 1944
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Soviet 1944 summer offensives