Soviet forces in the Vistula-Oder Offensive

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:aftermath contributed_to_the_fall_of_Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:casualties approximately 200,000
gptkbp:climate winter conditions
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Marshal_Georgy_Zhukov
gptkbp:completed February 2, 1945
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:German_Army
over 300,000
gptkbp:goal to capture Berlin
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Eastern_Front_of_WWII
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Soviet_counteroffensive
Operation Bagration
gptkbp:historicalLegacy influenced post-war borders
shaped_modern_Eastern_Europe
paved_the_way_for_the_Cold_War
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the largest offensives in WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet forces in the Vistula-Oder Offensive
gptkbp:intelligence reconnaissance missions
gptkbp:involved 1st Belorussian Front
2nd Belorussian Front
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:Joseph_Stalin
gptkb:Konstantin_Rokossovsky
gptkb:Vasily_Chuikov
gptkbp:launched January 12, 1945
gptkbp:location gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:logistics extensive supply lines
gptkbp:militaryRank offensive operations
rapid advances
significant territorial gains
defensive preparations
disruption_of_German_defenses
decisive_victory_for_the_Soviets
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Berlin
Battle of Poznań
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:politicalRole increased_Soviet_influence_in_Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:resultedIn Soviet_victory
gptkbp:strategicGoals opened_the_way_to_Berlin
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces
partisan groups
gptkbp:tactics combined arms operations
massive artillery bombardment
encirclement_maneuvers
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Eastern_Germany