Battle of Kolberg

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The Battle of Kolberg was a World War II siege in early 1945 in which Soviet and Polish forces captured the heavily fortified German Baltic port city of Kolberg (now Kołobrzeg, Poland), contributing to the collapse of Nazi defenses in Pomerania.

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Battle of Kolberg canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
siege
associatedWith East Pomeranian campaign
attacker Polish forces
Soviet forces
linked to: Soviet armed forces
belligerent Nazi Germany
Poland
Soviet Union
combatant Kriegsmarine
Polish People’s Army
Red Army
Wehrmacht
conflictOf World War II
countryDuringBattle Germany
currentLocation Kołobrzeg, Poland
linked to: Kołobrzeg
defender German forces
endDate 1945-03-18
followedBy further Soviet advances toward Berlin
hasLanguageName Bitwa o Kołobrzeg (Polish name)
Schlacht um Kolberg (German name)
historicalPeriod 1945 in Europe
location German Reich
linked to: Nazi Germany

Kolberg
Kołobrzeg
Poland
Pomerania
namedAfter city of Kolberg
linked to: Kolberg
notableFeature civilian evacuation by sea
heavy fortifications
urban combat
objective capture of Kolberg port
securing Baltic coastline in Pomerania
opponent German 3rd Panzer Army
linked to: 3rd Panzer Army
partOf East Pomeranian Offensive
Eastern Front of World War II
linked to: Eastern Front

final stages of World War II in Europe
precededBy Soviet advance into Pomerania
relatedEvent Evacuation of German civilians from Pomerania
result Soviet and Polish victory
capture of Kolberg
collapse of German defenses in Pomerania
startDate 1945-03-04
strategicImportance Baltic Sea port
fortified German stronghold in Pomerania
theater Pomeranian theater of World War II

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East Pomeranian Offensive notableBattle Battle of Kolberg