Upper Silesian Offensive

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The Upper Silesian Offensive was a major 1945 Red Army operation in World War II aimed at seizing the industrially vital Upper Silesia region from Nazi Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Upper Silesian Offensive Operation ⓘ
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
category 1945 in Germany ⓘ
Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
History of Silesia ⓘ
Military operations of the Soviet Union in World War II ⓘ
combatant Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
commander Ferdinand Schörner ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ
conductedBy 1st Ukrainian Front of the Red Army ⓘ
linked to: 1st Ukrainian Front
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
defendedBy German Army Group Centre ⓘ
linked to: Army Group Centre
endDate 1945-03-31 ⓘ
followedBy Berlin Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Berlin
goal seizure of the industrial region of Upper Silesia ⓘ
historicalPeriod late stages of World War II in Europe ⓘ
involvedBranch German Army ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

Red Army ground forces ⓘ
location Germany (1937 borders) ⓘ
linked to: Germany

Silesia ⓘ
Upper Silesia ⓘ
objective capture of industrial facilities in Upper Silesia ⓘ
opponentCommander Ferdinand Schörner ⓘ
outcome Soviet capture of most of Upper Silesia ⓘ
participatingUnit 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
Army Group Centre ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front

Vistula–Oder strategic offensive operations ⓘ
precededBy Lower Silesian Offensive ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1945-03-15 ⓘ
strategicSignificance denial of German access to key industrial resources ⓘ
protection of the southern flank of the Soviet advance on Berlin ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
typeOfOperation offensive operation ⓘ
year 1945 ⓘ

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Vistula–Oder Offensive → followedBy → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ
Soviet 60th Army → operationParticipatedIn → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ
1st Ukrainian Front → participatedIn → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ
8th Guards Army → notableFor → Silesian Offensives ⓘ
linked to: Upper Silesian Offensive
Lower Silesian Offensive → followedBy → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ
Upper Silesian Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Upper Silesian Offensive Operation ⓘ
linked to: Upper Silesian Offensive
5th Guards Army → participatedIn → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ
1st Tank Army → engagement → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ
Defence of the Oder line → relatedEvent → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ
3rd Guards Tank Army → engagedIn → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ
52nd Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Upper Silesian offensive ⓘ
linked to: Upper Silesian Offensive
4th Guards Tank Army → notableEngagement → Silesian operations ⓘ
linked to: Upper Silesian Offensive
Soviet advance into Central Europe → hasPart → Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ