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