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 |
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| instanceOf |
campaign of the Eastern Front of World War II
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military offensive → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Soviet summer–autumn campaign of 1944
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| belligerent |
Finland
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Nazi Germany → Soviet Union → |
| conflict |
World War II
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| 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
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| followedBy |
Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive
NERFINISHED
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| hasPart |
Belostok Offensive
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Jassy–Kishinev Offensive → Kaunas Offensive → Lublin–Brest Offensive → Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive → Narva Offensive → Operation Bagration → Tartu Offensive → Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → Šiauliai Offensive → |
| location |
Baltic states
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Belorussian SSR → Karelia → Karelian Isthmus → 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 of World War II
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| precededBy |
Soviet winter–spring campaigns of 1944
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| result |
decisive Soviet victory
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| startTime |
1944-06
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Lublin–Brest Offensive
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Warsaw–Praga offensive → |
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Soviet summer offensive of 1944
("Soviet summer–autumn campaign of 1944")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Baltic offensive (1944)
("Soviet 1944 summer–autumn strategic offensives")
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campaign |
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Continuation War
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notableEvent |