Frühlingserwachen

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Frühlingserwachen is the German codename for Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of World War II launched in Hungary in March 1945.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II offensive
military operation
alsoKnownAs Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen
commandedBy Adolf Hitler
German High Command
Sepp Dietrich NERFINISHED
conflictSide Nazi Germany
countryOfOperation Hungary
describedAs last major German offensive of World War II
endTime March 1945
followedBy Soviet Vienna Offensive NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic failed counteroffensive
late-war German armored offensive
hasCodenameLanguage German
hasEnglishName Operation Spring Awakening
involvesUnit 6th SS Panzer Army
German Army Group South NERFINISHED
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED
location Transdanubia, Hungary
near Lake Balaton
objective to secure Hungarian oil fields
to stabilize the Eastern Front
opposedBy Soviet Union NERFINISHED
partOf World War II
precededBy Battle of Budapest
result German defeat
Soviet victory
startTime March 1945
strategicImportance attempt to protect remaining Axis oil resources in Hungary
theater Eastern Front
timePeriod late World War II
year 1945

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Frühlingserwachen ("Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen")
Operation Spring Awakening
Operation Spring Awakening ("Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen")
alsoKnownAs

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