Bratislava–Brno Offensive

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The Bratislava–Brno Offensive was a major World War II Soviet military operation in 1945 that liberated much of western Slovakia and parts of Moravia from Nazi German control.

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Bratislava–Brno Offensive canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt destroying German forces in western Slovakia ⓘ
securing crossings over the Morava River ⓘ
belligerent 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
combatantCasualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Fyodor Tolbukhin ⓘ
Maximilian de Angelis ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfLiberation Bratislava 1945-04-04 ⓘ
Brno 1945-04-26 ⓘ
endDate 1945-05-05 ⓘ
followedBy Prague Offensive ⓘ
front 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
location Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Moravia ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
South-eastern Moravia ⓘ
linked to: South Moravia

Western Slovakia ⓘ
linked to: western Slovakia
objective capture of Bratislava ⓘ
capture of Brno ⓘ
liberation of western Slovakia ⓘ
penetration into Moravia ⓘ
opponent Army Group South ⓘ
German 8th Army ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet offensives of 1945 ⓘ
precededBy Budapest Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Budapest
result German retreat from western Slovakia ⓘ
Soviet victory ⓘ
breach of German defensive lines on the Hron River ⓘ
liberation of Bratislava ⓘ
liberation of Brno ⓘ
liberation of much of western Slovakia ⓘ
liberation of parts of Moravia ⓘ
startDate 1945-03-25 ⓘ
strategicSignificance opened the way for the Prague Offensive ⓘ
weakened German positions in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
theatre Central Europe ⓘ
timePeriod spring 1945 ⓘ

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2nd Ukrainian Front → tookPartIn → Bratislava–Brno Offensive ⓘ
subject linked to: Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front