Properties (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
military encirclement
|
| gptkbp:aftermath |
gptkb:Soviet_occupation_of_Latvia
displacement_of_German_civilians |
| gptkbp:casualties |
high civilian casualties
significant military casualties |
| gptkbp:combatants |
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Nazi_Germany |
| gptkbp:date |
1944
|
| gptkbp:defeated |
May 8, 1945
|
| gptkbp:duration |
approximately 10 months
|
| gptkbp:fightingStyle |
encirclement battle
|
| gptkbp:geographicalFeature |
gptkb:Courland_Peninsula
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Eastern_Front_of_World_War_II
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
contributed_to_the_end_of_the_war_in_Europe
demonstrated_the_decline_of_German_military_power |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Courland Pocket
|
| gptkbp:keyFigures |
General Gotthard Heinrici
Marshal Leonid Govorov |
| gptkbp:legacy |
remains a topic of military study
influenced_post-war_borders_in_Europe |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Latvia
|
| gptkbp:militaryRank |
gptkb:German_16th_Army
gptkb:Soviet_2nd_Baltic_Front gptkb:Soviet_Navy gptkb:German_18th_Army gptkb:German_Luftwaffe gptkb:Soviet_4th_Air_Army gptkb:Soviet_1st_Baltic_Front gptkb:Soviet_3rd_Baltic_Front gptkb:German_Army_Group_North Operation Bagration air superiority intelligence operations psychological warfare combined arms operations tank warfare artillery bombardment infantry assaults logistical support operations encirclement and isolation Operation Doppelkopf Soviet_offensive_operations defensive_operations_by_German_forces |
| gptkbp:outcome |
German_forces_surrendered
|
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:World_War_II
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| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad gptkb:Battle_of_the_Baltic_Sea gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa Battle of Berlin Siege of Leningrad |
| gptkbp:result |
Soviet_victory
|
| gptkbp:significance |
last_major_German_stronghold_in_the_Baltic_region
|
| gptkbp:strategicGoals |
control_of_the_Baltic_Sea
|
| gptkbp:territory |
Soviet_control_post-war
|