Kaunas offensive

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The Kaunas offensive was a major World War II Soviet military operation in 1944 aimed at liberating the Lithuanian city of Kaunas from German occupation as part of the broader Eastern Front campaigns.

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Kaunas offensive canonical 3
Kaunas Offensive 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt German Army Group Centre positions ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
category Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Military history of Lithuania during World War II ⓘ
Military operations of World War II involving the Soviet Union ⓘ
combatant Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
commandedUnit 1st Baltic Front ⓘ
3rd Belorussian Front ⓘ
commander Hovhannes Bagramyan ⓘ
Ivan Bagramyan ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
date 1944 ⓘ
endDate 1944-08-28 ⓘ
followedBy Baltic offensive ⓘ
linked to: Baltic Offensive
frontLineChange Soviet advance to the Neman River region ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1944 on the Eastern Front ⓘ
involvedFormation German infantry divisions ⓘ
German panzer units ⓘ
Soviet rifle divisions ⓘ
Soviet tank units ⓘ
location Kaunas ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
objective advance Soviet front line in the Baltic region ⓘ
liberation of Kaunas from German occupation ⓘ
opposingCommander Georg-Hans Reinhardt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
opposingUnit Army Group Centre ⓘ
outcome liberation of Kaunas ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front

Operation Bagration follow‑up operations ⓘ
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 ⓘ
precededBy Operation Bagration ⓘ
relatedTo Soviet operations in the Baltic region ⓘ
liberation of Lithuania in World War II ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1944-07-28 ⓘ
strategicEffect contributed to isolation of German forces in the Baltic States ⓘ
pushed German forces westward from central Lithuania ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
typeOfOperation offensive ground operation ⓘ

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

3rd Belorussian Front → tookPartIn → Kaunas offensive ⓘ
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 → hasPart → Kaunas Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Kaunas offensive
Vilnius offensive → followedBy → Kaunas offensive ⓘ
Minsk offensive (1944) → followedBy → Kaunas offensive ⓘ