Vistula–Oder Offensive

The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945. The army made a major advance into German-held territory, capturing Kraków, Warsaw and Poznań. The Red Army had built up their strength around a number of key bridgeheads, with two fronts commanded by Marshal Georgy Zhukov and Marshal Ivan Konev. Against them, the German Army Group A, led by Colonel-General Josef Harpe, was outnumbered five to one. Within days, German commandants evacuated the concentration camps, sending the prisoners on their death marches to the west, where ethnic Germans also started fleeing. In a little over two weeks, the Red Army had advanced 480 kilometres (300 mi) from the Vistula to the Oder, only 69 kilometres (43 mi) from Berlin, which was undefended. However, Zhukov called a halt, owing to continued German resistance on his northern flank (Pomerania), and the advance on Berlin had to be delayed until April.

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1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

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1939 1939 Invasion of Poland

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1939 Battle of the Border

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1939 Slovak invasion of Poland

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1944 Belostock Offensive

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1944 Osovets Offensive

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1240 — 1241 First Mongol invasion of Poland

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1733 — 1735 War of the Polish Succession

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Залп гвардейских минометов "Катюша" 1-го Белорусского фронта

Vistula–Oder Offensive

Russia stamp 2020 № 2593

In Germania

Vistola Oder 1

Советские САУ СУ-76 движутся по площади Б. Перацкого в городе Ченстохов

Жители Ченстохова у сгоревшего немецкого автомобиля «Фиат 1100А»

Советский танк ИС-2 и грузовики с солдатами переправляются через Одер

Жители Ченстохова встречают советских солдат, едущих на САУ СУ-76

Lodz liberation2

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1918	Poland	sovereign state, country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Dobrą (1770)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Bitwa pod Niewieszem	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Directorate of Underground Resistance	armed conflict	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Unknown	invasion, military operation	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	1939 Invasion of Poland	Nazi Germany, invasion, military operation, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Battle of the Border	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Slovak invasion of Poland	invasion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Belostock Offensive	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Osovets Offensive	offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Vistula–Oder Offensive	offensive	Wikidata
event	war	1240	First Mongol invasion of Poland	war, Holy Roman Empire, Mongol Empire, Knights Templar, Bohemia, Kingdom of Poland	Wikidata
event	war	1733	War of the Polish Succession	war	Wikidata
site	castle	1500	Besiekiery Castle	ruins, castle	Wikidata
commons	image		Залп гвардейских минометов "Катюша" 1-го Белорусского фронта		Commons
commons	image		Vistula–Oder Offensive		Commons
commons	image		Russia stamp 2020 № 2593		Commons
commons	image		In Germania		Commons
commons	image		Vistola Oder 1		Commons
commons	image		Советские САУ СУ-76 движутся по площади Б. Перацкого в городе Ченстохов		Commons
commons	image		Жители Ченстохова у сгоревшего немецкого автомобиля «Фиат 1100А»		Commons
commons	image		Советский танк ИС-2 и грузовики с солдатами переправляются через Одер		Commons
commons	image		Жители Ченстохова встречают советских солдат, едущих на САУ СУ-76		Commons
commons	image		Lodz liberation2		Commons