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  • Siege of Breslau
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  • The Battle of Breslau, also known as the Siege of Breslau, was a three month long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), lasting to the end of World War II in Europe. From February 13, 1945 to May 6, 1945, German troops in Breslau were besieged by the Soviet forces which encircled the city as part of the Lower Silesian Offensive Operation. The German garrison's surrender on May 6 was followed by the surrender of all German forces two days after the battle.
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Mark
  • Battle_icon_active_.svg
  • Yellow pog.svg
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  • white
Strength
  • 87334
  • approximately 50,000 soldiers
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lon3 deg
  • 11
lat3 min
  • 8
lon2 deg
  • 8
lon deg
  • 17
Partof
Date
  • 1945-03-01
  • --02-13
  • February 1945
Label
  • Frankfurt
  • Breslau
  • (Berlin)
  • (Munich)
  • am Main
Commander
  • 6
  • *
  • Festung Breslau:
lat2 deg
  • 50
float
  • right
Name
  • Fortress Breslau
  • Soviet 6th Army
lat4 deg
  • 52
Caption
  • --02-02
  • Location of the Siege of Breslau
mark2size
  • 5
Width
  • 300
marksize
  • 18
mark3size
  • 5
label size
  • 86
Pos
  • left
  • right
subordinate
  • 22
  • 31
  • 38
  • 62
  • 74
  • 77
  • 159
  • 294
  • 359
  • 408
  • 609
  • "Breslau" Artillery Regiment
  • Five engineer battalions
  • One anti-aircraft regiment
  • One antitank battalion
  • One heavy assault gun regiment
  • One mortar regiment
  • Three signal battalions
  • Two anti-aircraft artillery battalions
  • Two antitank regiments
  • Two parachute battalions
  • • 181st Rifle Division
  • • 218th Rifle Division
  • • 273rd Rifle Division
  • • 309th Rifle Division
lon4 deg
  • 13
lat3 deg
  • 48
lat2 min
  • 7
Casualties
  • approximately 30,000
  • approximately 6,000 soldiers
  • soldiers and civilians
Result
  • --05-06
lat min
  • 7
Parent
  • 1
  • 17
lon4 min
  • 24
mark4size
  • 5
lon3 min
  • 34
lon min
  • 2
Place
  • Breslau, Germany
lat deg
  • 51
Position
  • bottom
lat4 min
  • 30
Conflict
  • Siege of Breslau
lon2 min
  • 42
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  • The Battle of Breslau, also known as the Siege of Breslau, was a three month long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), lasting to the end of World War II in Europe. From February 13, 1945 to May 6, 1945, German troops in Breslau were besieged by the Soviet forces which encircled the city as part of the Lower Silesian Offensive Operation. The German garrison's surrender on May 6 was followed by the surrender of all German forces two days after the battle.
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