Battle of Königsberg

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The Battle of Königsberg was a World War II engagement in early 1945 in which Soviet forces besieged and captured the heavily fortified East Prussian city of Königsberg from Nazi Germany.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Königsberg canonical 10
siege of Königsberg 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
attacker 3rd Belorussian Front ⓘ
Soviet 11th Guards Army ⓘ
Soviet 2nd Guards Army ⓘ
Soviet 39th Army ⓘ
Soviet 43rd Army ⓘ
Soviet 50th Army ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
characteristic combined arms assault ⓘ
heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
cityStatusAfterBattle Königsberg largely destroyed ⓘ
Königsberg surrendered to Soviet forces ⓘ
commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky ⓘ
Ivan Chernyakhovsky ⓘ
Otto Lasch ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryAtTime Germany ⓘ
defender German garrison of Königsberg ⓘ
endDate 1945-04-09 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet capture of Pillau ⓘ
garrisonStrength approximately 130000 German troops ⓘ
germanCasualties tens of thousands killed or wounded ⓘ
germanPrisoners over 90000 German soldiers captured ⓘ
militaryOperation siege of Königsberg ⓘ
objective capture of Königsberg ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf East Prussian Offensive ⓘ
place East Prussia ⓘ
Königsberg ⓘ
postwarConsequence German population of Königsberg largely expelled ⓘ
Königsberg annexed by Soviet Union ⓘ
Königsberg renamed Kaliningrad in 1946 ⓘ
precededBy Soviet capture of surrounding East Prussian territory ⓘ
Soviet encirclement of Königsberg in January 1945 ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
sovietAircraft over 2000 aircraft ⓘ
sovietArtilleryPieces about 5000 artillery pieces and mortars ⓘ
sovietCasualties tens of thousands killed or wounded ⓘ
sovietStrength over 250000 Soviet troops ⓘ
startDate 1945-04-06 ⓘ
strategicConsequence elimination of major German stronghold in East Prussia ⓘ
facilitated Soviet advance toward Berlin ⓘ
secured Soviet control of East Prussia ⓘ
theater Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-German Front

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Königsberg → sufferedEvent → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
3rd Belorussian Front → tookPartIn → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
Heiligenbeil pocket operations → relatedEvent → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
43rd Army → participatedIn → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
Battle of Königsberg → militaryOperation → siege of Königsberg ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Königsberg
Otto Lasch → participantIn → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
Mława–Elbing Offensive → followedBy → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
Samland Offensive → precededBy → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
German garrison of Königsberg → engagedIn → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
Soviet 11th Guards Army → participatedIn → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ
Battle of East Prussia → includes → Battle of Königsberg ⓘ