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2491:, was escorted through the American lines to see SchĂśrner. Meyer-Detring told SchĂśrner that the formal capitulation of Germany meant that any withdrawal as a large formation by troops of Army Group Centre was out of the question, and that the German troops should attempt to make their way west and surrender to U.S. forces. SchĂśrner was skeptical that such was possible. On his return Meyer-Detring reported that SchĂśrner had ordered his operational command to observe the surrender but could not guarantee he would be obeyed everywhere.
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operation for the international efforts of Soviet, Polish, Czech, and
Romanian soldiers on behalf of "the freedom of the Czechoslovakian People". No mention is made, however, of Stalin's political intentions regarding Czechoslovakia. The final push to Prague during the night of 8â9 May 1945 is presented as having been necessary to relieve struggling Czech insurgents in Prague while the authors could not resist accusing former officers of the prewar Czech Army of abandoning the barricades during combat with the Germans in Prague.
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2366:. Facing Konev's thrust were troops of the German 4th Panzer Army. The attack opened with a reconnaissance-in-force in the morning, followed by a brief but powerful artillery barrage. 13th, 3rd Guards, and both tank armies (as well as two other tank corps) attacked southward in the afternoon, with the 13th Army and the 4th Guards Tank Army pushing forward some 23 kilometers. By evening, 5th Guards Army had joined the attack with the objective of capturing Dresden.
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SS units, however, continued their attacks against the Czech insurgents in Prague. The 1st KONR Division, its relations with the ÄNR broken down and realizing no quarter could be expected from Soviet forces, joined the SS and other German troops in a wary alliance of convenience and started moving west. The KONR 2nd
Division had already contacted the Americans and started the march west.
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2228:(both of the 3rd Army). VIII Corps numbered one armored and three infantry divisions while V Corps was made up of one armored division and two infantry divisions. An additional infantry division under control of 3rd Army Headquarters was also in V Corps' sector, and a second armored division would be subordinated to V Corps before
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The Czech
National Council (ÄNR), lacking significant supplies to support the uprising, fearing large-scale destruction of Prague, and in the wake of the overall German surrender, came to an agreement with the Germans in which the German troops were to leave Prague under conditions of ceasefire. Some
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was received. Without a functioning army group headquarters and leaderless, the component armies of Army Group Centre had been left to their own devices. SchĂśrner's plans for an orderly withdrawal notwithstanding, the bulk of Army Group Centre's troops were destined to be captured by the Soviet Army.
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By the evening of 8 May, Dresden fell to 3rd Guards Tank Army and the 5th Guards Army. On the same day, the 4th
Ukrainian Front pushed the Germans out of Olomouc. The Soviets broadcast a demand that the remaining German forces in the field were to lay down their arms by 23:00 hours that day. No reply
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Pushing forward another 40 kilometers, the main thrust of the 1st
Ukrainian Front broke through German resistance in the Ore Mountains and approached to within 70-80 kilometers of Prague. The advance of the 4th Guards Tank Army came upon the headquarters of Army Group Centre, capturing or killing the
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moved into Prague and engaged in combat with their erstwhile German allies. By 7 May, the 1st
Division had occupied the airport and the radio station. The Czech National Council however denounced the ROA. The Soviet government labelled all ROA soldiers as traitors, and their members were sentenced to
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VIII Corps was subordinated to 1st Army until 6 May 1945. Anticipating a combat role for 1st Army
Headquarters in the Pacific Theater of Operations, the 1st Army relinquished control of its subordinate commands in the first week of May 1945. These commands were in turn subordinated to the 9th Army.
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That the offensive was a military event involving serious combat is made clear by the over 50,000 casualties suffered by the Soviet forces and their allies from 6 to 11 May 1945. Published in 2008, Volume 10/1 of the German official history of the war criticizes the Soviet view of the event, noting
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The terrain over which the
Soviets had to advance was varied, but in the main mountainous and forested. The routes of march of the 1st and 4th Ukrainian Fronts were perpendicular to the orientation of the ridges while the 2nd Ukrainian Front was able to move along a less arduous route in regions of
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With Soviet units in Prague and pushing further west and south into
Bohemia, the Soviet military objectives of the offensive had been met. The bulk of German troops in Army Group Centre were taken prisoner by the Soviets in the two days following the liberation of Prague, while elements of the 1st
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also proposed the same offer. However, Marshal Konev â while he appreciated the good will of the
American commander â refused the offer because Bradley's proposal violated the negotiated borderline between Soviet and Anglo-American forces; therefore, Konev had no authority to accept it. Konev also
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Confronting primarily the 1st Panzer Army, the 4th Ukrainian Front commanded 34 rifle divisions and one tank corps. 4th Ukrainian Front faced the obstacles of Olomouc, a small city, and multiple hill ranges which cut across the projected line of advance. Unlike 2nd Ukrainian Front, the 4th lacked
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Western Czechoslovakia was split by a military frontier of superpowers, on one side of which was the Soviet Army and on the other side of which was the U.S. Army. Although both armies would depart Czechoslovakia by the end of 1945, Stalin had achieved his goal of ensuring a strong Soviet military
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Fearing their treatment at the hands of the locals or Soviet Army troops, remnant formations of Army Group Centre continued their resistance until 10/11 May, and in the cases of some small units, later into May 1945. The left flank of the 2nd Ukrainian Front met with troops of the U.S. Third Army
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and, besides calling on Czechs to join the uprising, also broadcast on 5 May an appeal in Russian and English for air support to hold off German armored units. These developments prompted Stalin to hasten the start of the Soviet offensive and it was ordered to commence one day earlier, on 6 May.
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Krivosheev, pp. 158-159, presents force totals and daily casualty figures that confirm the assertion of the German official history. As an example, during the Berlin Operation 1st Ukrainian Front on average suffered the loss of 84.6 men per divisional equivalent per day, while the corresponding
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discusses the offensive in some detail while including mention of Stalin's intentions, the Prague uprising, and role of the Russian Liberation Army. Erickson wrote the work to present a balanced view of Soviet politics and military operations during the war, and so his description of actions by
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During the night of 8/9 May, armored units of the 3rd and 4th Guards Tank Armies pushed south some 80 kilometers, entering Prague at daybreak. The armored vanguards were shortly followed by elements of the 13th Army and 3rd Guards Army. With the help of the Czech population, Prague was freed of
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The orders from Stalin on 1 May to the three fronts called for the offensive to commence on 7 May. On 4 May, Marshal Konev provided detailed orders to his army commanders for three thrusts by the 1st Ukrainian Front. A main thrust would occur on the right (western) wing with three combined-arms
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Reserve) artillery divisions on the other. In May 1945, the 1st Ukrainian Front counted six artillery divisions and one rocket launcher division (as well as one Polish artillery division), the 4th Ukrainian Front had two artillery divisions, and the 2nd Ukrainian Front commanded four artillery
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Volume 10 of the Soviet official history of the Second World War treats the Prague Offensive as a primarily military event, identifying the major military formations involved, their axes of advance, and in some cases, their daily rate of advance. Unsurprisingly, the Soviet history praises the
2232:. XII Corps commanded two armored divisions and two infantry divisions. Exerting some pressure on German 7th Army, these corps of the U.S. Army did not advance on Prague although their presence in western Bohemia stimulated Czech resistance to the German occupation, indirectly influencing the
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At that point, events external to formal military planning erupted. By 5 May, the lead units of the U.S. V Corps had reached Plzen, with word of the American advance reaching the residents of Prague and playing a part in the decision of the city's Czech citizens to rise up against the German
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the percentage of casualties of the Prague Offensive to be far lower than that of the Berlin Offensive. The German official history makes note of Stalin's political intentions and his desire to prevent Army Group Centre from surrendering to U.S. forces. Despite titling the relevant section
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The number of German prisoners taken by the Soviet Union reached almost 900,000 and other Axis soldiers, numbering at least in the tens of thousands, surrendered to U.S. forces in western Czechoslovakia and Austria, although numbers of these were later turned over to the Soviet Union.
1758:(KONR) arrived in the vicinity of Prague. The KONR 1st Division encamped north of the city while the KONR 2nd Division took up positions south of the city. Ostensibly allied with the Germans, the allegiance of the KONR forces would prove to vary depending on the situation they faced.
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While there are a variety of sources discussing the fates of some of the individual German units, there does not appear to be a single comprehensive work presenting the combat actions and capitulations of the German units in Army Groups Centre and Ostmark during the period 6â11 May
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civilians, and ethnic Czech collaborators fleeing Prague were surprised by the advancing Soviets and were completely routed. The Czech partisans resumed hostilities against the fleeing German troops regardless of their intentions or nationality, in what the veterans of the
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reinforced the attack on its left (southern) wing. By the end of the day, the front had pushed 12 kilometers into the German lines along an advance 25 kilometers in breadth. Between the 2nd and 1st Ukrainian Fronts, the 4th Ukrainian Front continued its advance on Olomouc.
2478:. The surrender was to become effective at 0001 hours on 9 May. In western Czechoslovakia, upon receipt of the news of the surrender, U.S. forces ceased offensive operations and assumed a defensive posture. U.S. V Corps took Karlovy Vary on the day of the surrender.
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was deployed, including a salient that jutted eastward around Olomouc. 1st Panzer Army was outsized with six Panzer or motorized divisions in addition to 19 others organized into five corps; five divisions were directly under control of the army headquarters.
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Communist influence in the postwar Czechoslovak Army and government mounted. Czech soldiers who had fought with the Western Allies found themselves increasingly on the sidelines, and the country itself was forced to become a Soviet satellite state in 1948 by
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German troops around 10:00 hours. The Red Army casualties were only ten men killed, in what was described as their "easiest victory" of the war. In any event, German troops in and around Prague were anxious to flee to the west, although Soviet columns, Czech
2168:, the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front numbered 37 rifle divisions, six cavalry divisions, and four tank or mechanized corps. The 2nd Ukrainian Front was expected to advance northwest over the less mountainous country to Prague and would lead its advance with the
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The Prague Offensive destroyed Army Group Centre and parts of Army Group Ostmark. These army groups were the last large intact military formations of Germany, and following the offensive, all surviving German soldiers became prisoners of war or fugitives.
2095:) had been pushed east by operations of the U.S. Sixth Army Group and had become a subordinate command of Army Group Centre. 7th Army was deployed roughly along a northâsouth axis in western Czechoslovakia. Besides one Panzer division and one
2134:. The 17th counted 11 divisions, including one Panzer and one motorized division. These were organized into three corps and deployed in an arc that began about 40 kilometers SW of Breslau and which led to the southeast in the vicinity of
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On the morning of May 9, the first Soviet tanks arrived in Prague, the first tanks of the 1st Czechoslovak Tank Brigade arrived in the city on May 10. By May 11, the troops were clearing the area of hidden remaining German troops.
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Losses in men of both army groups taken prisoner by the Soviets amounted to some 860,000 men. The Soviets claimed to have captured 9,500 guns and mortars, 1,800 armored vehicles, and 1,100 aircraft in the course of the operation.
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saw Prague as a particularly important prize, the capture of which could significantly influence the political makeup of postwar Czechoslovakia. On 1 May 1945, before Berlin was subdued, Stalin issued orders directing the
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The Nazi regime considered Czechoslovakia and neighboring areas as their last bastion in the event that Berlin fell. Therefore, in 1945 they concentrated many powerful military units in the region, including elements of
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By the beginning of May 1945, Germany had been decisively defeated by the coalition of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. Germany's capital, Berlin, was on the verge of capitulation in the face of a massive Soviet
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OKW had last heard from SchĂśrner on 2 May when he reported his intention to fight his way west and surrender his army group to the Americans. On 8 May Colonel Wilhelm Meyer-Detring, a German liaison officer from
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also received orders on 2 May to drive on Prague from the southeast. Stalin was determined to have the Soviet Army present in force in western Czechoslovakia when the German troops there finally surrendered.
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Czechoslovakia was free of the German occupation regime for the first time since late 1938. The country's prewar borders, however, would not be completely restored as the Soviets engineered the cession of
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defended along a front running slightly southeast. 4th Panzer Army had five Panzer or mechanized divisions, as well as 13 other divisions or battle groups. Furthermore, 4th Panzer Army had just won the
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to advance on Prague from the area north of Dresden and Bautzen. The other significant military terrain obstacle was urban areas, the two largest of which to surmount were Dresden and Prague itself.
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the German official history only briefly mentions the situation of the army group in May 1945 and instead discusses other topics. The actual surrender of Army Group Centre is not discussed at all.
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1751:. The situation in Prague was unstable. Frank knew that several Soviet Army fronts were advancing towards Prague. More immediately, he was faced with a city population ready to be liberated.
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to Prague, and a final thrust by the Polish 2nd Army was to cut off the southeastern approaches to Dresden. Dresden itself was to be taken by the 5th Guards Army as part of the main thrust.
2467:, despite being severely damaged, remained in the hands of insurgents for the duration of the uprising. The overwhelming pressure on the uprising and the civilian population continued.
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There are unofficial histories that touch upon the offensive, or more generally, on the end of the war in Czechoslovakia. Somewhere between the official German and Soviet views,
2381:. On 6 May, 4th Ukrainian Front attacked to the west, intent upon capturing the city of Olomouc. Defending against the Soviet attack in front of Olomouc was the 1st Panzer Army.
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Combined Armies. Jodl had ordered the local Nazi regime to prepare numerous fortified buildings which could serve as offices for the new Nazi government and German High Command.
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2236:. By agreement with the Soviets, the U.S. forces did not advance in strength eastward of an irregular demarcation line that at points touched Leipzig, Karlovy Vary, and Plzen.
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1694:, ordered the German forces to avoid being captured by Russia and facilitate separate negotiation with Western Allies. The German remnant forces continued to resist the USSR
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direct and major road connections from Olomouc to Prague, a factor almost guaranteed to slow its rate of advance. Soviet allied forces with 4th Ukrainian Front included the
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figure for the same formation during the Prague Offensive was 45.3. Soviet losses may have declined following the announcement of German surrender on 8/9 May 1945.
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led an attack to the northwest, opening the offensive of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. Adding to the difficulties of the defending German 8th Army, the Soviet
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that a U.S. advance to Prague was now feasible, General Eisenhower was informed that such was not desired by the Soviets. During the meeting with Marshal
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was deployed on a front leading to the southwest into Austria where its right flank met up with the 6th SS Panzer Army in the area north and west of
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announced over the radio in Prague that he would drown any uprising in a "sea of blood". Frank was also a general of the
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Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939-1945 (Volume 4)
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To honor the participants of the operation, the Soviet Union instituted the
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On the Edge of the Cold War: American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague
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in the Berlin area so that the latter could regroup to the south along the
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Ukrainian Fronts while only accepting an armistice on the Western Front.
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Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century, p. 159
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On 12 May, SS-GruppenfuhĂźer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Count
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6th Armored Division, and 76th, 87th, and 89th Infantry Divisions (
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Some 860,000 captured; remainder killed, missing in action, or fled
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Tippelskirch K., Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkrieges. â Bonn, 1954
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The Soviet offensive commenced on 6 May and concluded on 11 May.
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Demarcation line between the Soviet and American armies, May 1945
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4109:, Paris, France: Office of the Theater Historian, archived from
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Emanuel Moravec the face of Czech collaboration with the Nazis
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4392:, Berlin: Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
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Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century
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who had laid their weapons down in May 1945 recalled as the
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Marshal Konev hailed as the Soviets enter Prague, 9 May 1945
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Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg (Volume 10/1)
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Even before the start of the Soviet offensive, on 5 May,
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Geschichte des zweiten Weltkrieges 1939-1945 (Volume 10)
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from 6 May to 11 May 1945. Fought concurrently with the
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1945 Red Army invasion of German-occupied Czechoslovakia
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20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian)
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Military history of Czechoslovakia during World War II
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
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needed to order SchĂśrner, to surrender his army group.
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Facing the German 7th Army to the west were the U.S.
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When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
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2680:, died of suicide in American captivity on 10 May.
4047:
3354:Projev K. H. Franka k ÄeskĂŠmu nĂĄrodu (30. 4. 1945)
2795:Losses: Soviet and Soviet Allied, Prague Offensive
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1670:and the great bulk of Germany had been conquered.
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4054:, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas,
7838:Battles and operations of the SovietâGerman War
2130:To 4th Panzer Army's right (eastern) flank was
1582:ĐŃĐ°ĐśŃĐşĐ°Ń ŃŃŃĐ°ŃогиŃĐľŃĐşĐ°Ń Đ˝Đ°ŃŃŃпаŃоНŃĐ˝Đ°Ń ĐžĐżĐľŃĐ°ŃиŃ
4273:The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
3986:The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown
3473:ĐОовОК ŃĐžŃŃав ХОвоŃŃкОК ĐŃПии на 1 ĐźĐ°Ń 1945 Đł.
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2661:died of suicide. Moravec, known as the "Czech
4527:
4445:, Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office
4275:, Santa Barbara: Greenwood Publishing Group,
2539:to the east, northeast, and south of Prague.
2439:Following a 30-minute artillery barrage, the
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1607:in Europe. The offensive was fought on the
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2672:SS-ObergruppenfĂźhrer und Reichstatthalter
2153:In southern Moravia, Army Group Ostmark's
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1151:Romanian military actions in World War II
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7823:Battles of World War II involving Hungary
7813:Battles of World War II involving Romania
4434:Battle for Berlin: end of the Third Reich
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4153:The assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
4103:Greenwald, Robert J. (December 1945),
4072:[Czech uprising in May 1945],
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3988:, Stanford: Hoover Institution Press,
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2980:). This was explicitly changed in the
2665:," was infamous among the Czechs as a
7843:CzechoslovakiaâSoviet Union relations
7230:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
6662:Japanese invasion of French Indochina
6308:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union
6264:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union
5369:Rape during the occupation of Germany
4515:
4457:
4249:
4089:, Bonn: Bernard & Graefe Verlag,
4006:, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
3983:
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2653:Immediate deaths of prominent figures
2620:Military and political considerations
2459:In Prague, German troops reached the
2141:From here the front ran southeast to
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1378:
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544:
6352:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union
5384:Rape during the liberation of France
2613:Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"
1818:Rolling terrain of the Ore Mountains
1617:liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945
318:Carl Friedrich von PĂźckler-Burghauss
4150:Jaggers, R.C. (22 September 1993),
3907:Williamson, David G. (2018-01-29),
2204:Reserve of the Supreme High Command
1661:Political and military developments
24:
6578:German invasion of the Netherlands
4858:Weather events during World War II
4451:
4397:Williams, Mary (Compiler) (1989),
4126:Estonia 1940â1945: Reports of the
2250:
1276:Western Allied Campaign in Romania
25:
7869:
7209:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
4178:Johnstone, Chris (10 June 2009),
2777:373 tanks and self-propelled guns
2706:, where he died on 27 June 1945.
2307:gained control of a radio station
1890:
1333:As part of the Allies (1944â1945)
570:
7769:
4541:
4481:The Soviet Military Encyclopedia
4293:, Prague: U.S. Embassy in Prague
3138:German Armed Forces High Command
2755:Soviet and Soviet allied nations
2687:, commander of Waffen-SS in the
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3915:, Routledge, pp. 134â146,
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2710:Historiography of the offensive
1797:Geography of the Czech Republic
1180:As part of the Axis (1941â1944)
7456:Vietnamese famine of 1944â1945
5166:Territorial changes of Germany
5074:Indonesian National Revolution
4471:ХОвоŃŃĐşĐ°Ń Đ˛ĐžĐľĐ˝Đ˝Đ°Ń ŃĐ˝ŃикНОподиŃ
4070:"ÄeskĂŠ povstĂĄnĂ v kvÄtnu 1945"
4046:& House, Jonathan (1995),
3291:
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2472:surrender of all German forces
2436:Armies attacked to the south.
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6856:Japanese invasion of Thailand
6807:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
6571:German invasion of Luxembourg
4952:Mediterranean and Middle East
4465:, Moscow: Progress Publishers
3191:
2940:End of World War II in Europe
2721:The End of Army Group Centre,
1809:
1733:From 30 April to 1 May 1945,
1655:
100:End of World War II in Europe
6763:Invasion of the Soviet Union
6452:Occupation of Czechoslovakia
5770:Independent State of Croatia
4475:Soviet Military Encyclopedia
4414:Yeltsin Presidential Library
4374:, OsnabrĂźck: Biblio Verlag,
4356:, OsnabrĂźck: Biblio Verlag,
4338:, OsnabrĂźck: Biblio Verlag,
4320:, OsnabrĂźck: Biblio Verlag,
4214:Krivosheev, Grigori (1997),
3357:, www.fronta.cz, 14 May 2009
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2602:
2542:
2424:, home of the famous German
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7747:End of World War II in Asia
7587:Western invasion of Germany
7094:Chinese famine of 1942â1943
7071:Second Battle of El Alamein
6641:Hundred Regiments Offensive
6613:Battle of the Mediterranean
6466:Italian invasion of Albania
4640:Air warfare of World War II
4409:The end of Prague Offensive
4218:, London: Greenhill Books,
4131:, Tallinn, pp. 927â968
4068:Frajdl, JiĹĂ (8 May 2007),
2915:
2322:detention in prison camps.
1621:one of the last engagements
1592:
1481:German forces (May 6, 1945)
1387:Soviet forces (May 6, 1945)
10:
7874:
7673:Naval bombardment of Japan
7041:First Battle of El Alamein
6960:Battle of Christmas Island
6905:Japanese invasion of Burma
6669:Italian invasion of Greece
6585:German invasion of Belgium
6557:German invasion of Denmark
6530:1939â1940 Winter Offensive
6399:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
4663:Comparative military ranks
4232:Lakowski, Richard (2008),
4076:(in Czech), archived from
3976:
2797:Source: G. F. Krivosheev,
2637:to the USSR in July 1945.
2470:On 7 May, Jodl signed the
2373:surrendered to the Soviet
2350:Guard Tank Armies and the
2262:
1794:
1790:
1691:Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
1633:unconditional capitulation
7858:May 1945 events in Europe
7818:Battles involving Hungary
7762:
7594:BratislavaâBrno offensive
7534:
7525:Dutch famine of 1944â1945
7262:
7149:Allied invasion of Sicily
7103:
7009:Aleutian Islands campaign
6981:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
6928:
6919:Greek famine of 1941â1944
6814:Second Battle of Changsha
6719:German invasion of Greece
6687:
6564:Battle of ZaoyangâYichang
6539:
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5889:
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4906:North and Central Pacific
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4549:
4388:Ustinov, Dmitriy (1982),
4289:Mendelsohn, Rona (2010),
4271:Mahoney, William (2011),
4198:The End: Germany, 1944-45
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1782:and drive on Prague. The
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7186:Allied invasion of Italy
7163:Solomon Islands campaign
6912:Third Battle of Changsha
6509:First Battle of Changsha
6415:Second Sino-Japanese War
5355:German military brothels
5221:United States war crimes
4477:), vol. 6 (In Russian).
4441:Ziemke, Earl F. (2002),
4432:Ziemke, Earl F. (1969),
4085:Gosztony, Peter (1991),
3061:97th Infantry Division (
2998:(1989), pp. 530 and 533.
2950:
2891:Czechoslovak Army Corps
2510:
2481:
2415:
2337:
1743:) and General of Police
1566:Battle of the Dukla Pass
1461:⢠1st Czechoslovak Corps
7608:Second Guangxi campaign
7463:Philippines (1944â1945)
6967:Battle of the Coral Sea
6870:Fall of the Philippines
6516:Battle of South Guangxi
6422:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
5828:Italian Social Republic
4002:Erickson, John (1983),
3909:"The German opposition"
3143:Oberkommando des Heeres
3078:16th Armored Division (
2982:Third Geneva Convention
2766:40,501 wounded and sick
2533:Czechoslovak Army Corps
2396:captured Plzen while a
2377:after a two-month-long
2315:Russian Liberation Army
2186:Czechoslovak Army Corps
1756:Russian Liberation Army
243:Russian Liberation Army
56:Map of Prague offensive
7848:Prague in World War II
7833:1945 in Czechoslovakia
7193:Armistice of Cassibile
6995:Battle of Dutch Harbor
6946:Battle of the Java Sea
6849:Attack on Pearl Harbor
6749:SyriaâLebanon campaign
6742:Battle of South Shanxi
6712:Invasion of Yugoslavia
6495:Battle of the Atlantic
6109:Korean Liberation Army
5822:(until September 1943)
5779:(until September 1944)
5757:(until September 1944)
4436:, New York: Ballantine
4401:, Washington D.C.: GPO
4370:Tessin, Georg (1980),
4352:Tessin, Georg (1976),
4334:Tessin, Georg (1974),
4316:Tessin, Georg (1973),
4074:kcprymarov.estranky.cz
3847:Hiio & Kaasik 2006
3532:Der Spiegel staff 1955
3112:90th Infantry Division
3109:26th Infantry Division
3067:97th Infantry Division
3025:89th Infantry Division
3021:87th Infantry Division
3017:76th Infantry Division
2974:1929 Geneva Convention
2780:1,006 artillery pieces
2751:
2616:
2520:
2384:In the west, the U.S.
2285:Suggesting to General
2260:
2241:Field Marshal SchĂśrner
2119:, damaging the Soviet
1819:
1644:
1625:World War II in Europe
1569:
1431:⢠6th Guards Tank Army
1409:⢠4th Guards Tank Army
1407:⢠3rd Guards Tank Army
249:Commanders and leaders
7357:Second Battle of Guam
7253:Bengal famine of 1943
7223:Second Battle of Kiev
7179:Battle of the Dnieper
6884:Battle of Wake Island
6756:East African campaign
6698:Battle of South Henan
6343:atrocities by Germans
6116:Korean Volunteer Army
5097:Occupation of Germany
4851:Music in World War II
4200:, Penguin Books Ltd,
4196:Kershaw, Ian (2011),
3105:11th Armored Division
3084:16th Armored Division
3046:2nd Infantry Division
3042:1st Infantry Division
2978:Disarmed Enemy Forces
2814:Average daily losses
2746:
2610:
2574:Victory in Europe Day
2518:
2394:16th Armored Division
2258:
1817:
1772:1st Belorussian Front
1737:Senior Group Leader (
1564:
484:Casualties and losses
7643:Surrender of Germany
7121:Battle of West Hubei
7078:Guadalcanal campaign
7048:Battle of Stalingrad
6974:Battle of Madagascar
5748:Albania protectorate
5535:(formerly Swaziland)
5244:Wehrmacht war crimes
5060:Expulsion of Germans
4844:Art and World War II
4742:British contribution
4691:Governments in exile
4420:on 24 September 2015
4399:Chronology 1941-1945
4250:Lukes, Igor (2012).
4166:on February 13, 2008
4087:Stalins Fremde Heere
3984:Agnew, Hugh (2004),
3101:4th Armored Division
3050:9th Armored Division
3013:6th Armored Division
2847:4th Ukrainian Front
2833:2nd Ukrainian Front
2819:1st Ukrainian Front
2808:Strength 6 May 1945
2763:11,997 irrecoverable
2556:) in the regions of
2445:6th Guards Tank Army
2402:4th Armored Division
2170:6th Guards Tank Army
2071:class=notpageimage|
1688:, Chief of Staff of
1677:and the remnants of
1627:and continued after
1619:. The offensive was
284:Friedrich Altrichter
7733:Potsdam Declaration
7622:Italy (Spring 1945)
7385:Liberation of Paris
6842:Siege of Sevastopol
5860:(until August 1944)
5763:Wang Jingwei regime
5585:from September 1943
5545:from September 1944
5483:from September 1944
5343:Romanian war crimes
5334:Persecution of Jews
5320:Croatian war crimes
5290:Japanese war crimes
5104:Occupation of Japan
5053:First Indochina War
4765:Military production
4677:Declarations of war
3943:, pp. 416â426.
3873:, pp. 229â230.
3849:, pp. 927â968.
3389:, pp. 625â630.
3309:on October 11, 2020
2635:Carpathian Ruthenia
2319:General Bunyachenko
2220:(of the 9th Army),
2087:. To the west, the
2040:2nd Ukrainian Front
2020:4th Ukrainian Front
2000:1st Ukrainian Front
1784:2nd Ukrainian Front
1776:1st Ukrainian Front
1718:Panzer Armies, and
1541:⢠XXIV Panzer Corps
1517:⢠LVII Panzer Corps
1448:4th Ukrainian Front
1445:⢠4th Romanian Army
1443:⢠1st Romanian Army
1426:2nd Ukrainian Front
1398:1st Ukrainian Front
846:OstrogozhskâRossosh
747:BarvenkovoâLozovaya
422:Army Group Ostmark:
7726:Surrender of Japan
7559:Battle of Iwo Jima
7408:Belgrade offensive
6821:Siege of Leningrad
6705:Battle of Shanggao
6634:British Somaliland
6599:Dunkirk evacuation
6550:Norwegian campaign
6488:Invasion of Poland
6315:Japanese prisoners
5283:Italian war crimes
5214:British war crimes
5129:Soviet occupations
4913:South-West Pacific
4800:Allied cooperation
4758:Military equipment
4406:YPL staff (2012),
4004:The Road to Berlin
2752:
2732:The Road to Berlin
2617:
2521:
2293:on 5 May, General
2261:
2091:(formerly part of
1861:6th SS Panzer Army
1820:
1745:Karl Hermann Frank
1708:6th SS Panzer Army
1679:Army Group Ostmark
1650:Army Group Ostmark
1645:Heeresgruppe Mitte
1570:
1327:2nd JassyâKishinev
1312:1st JassyâKishinev
1302:DnieperâCarpathian
1041:Western Carpathian
981:2nd JassyâKishinev
951:1st JassyâKishinev
936:LeningradâNovgorod
931:DnieperâCarpathian
418:Army Group Centre:
407:Sergei Bunyachenko
396:Karol Ĺwierczewski
385:Nicolae DÄscÄlescu
262:Ferdinand SchĂśrner
7800:
7799:
7758:
7757:
7601:Battle of Okinawa
7500:Burma (1944â1945)
7334:Mariana and Palau
7114:Tunisian campaign
6939:Fall of Singapore
6863:Fall of Hong Kong
6606:Battle of Britain
6459:Operation Himmler
6368:
6367:
6032:Dutch East Indies
5675:Southern Rhodesia
5427:
5426:
5327:Genocide of Serbs
5230:German war crimes
5207:Soviet war crimes
5200:Allied war crimes
5046:Division of Korea
5025:Chinese Civil War
4823:Strategic bombing
4735:Manhattan Project
4282:978-0-313-36305-4
4243:978-3-421-06237-6
4207:978-0-713-99716-3
4080:on 2 October 2009
3922:978-1-315-12115-4
3303:Praguemonitor.com
2904:
2903:
2685:PĂźckler-Burghauss
2579:German soldiers,
2117:Battle of Bautzen
2063:
2043:
2023:
2003:
1983:
1963:
1943:
1923:
1903:
1883:
1863:
1845:
1763:Winston Churchill
1740:ObergruppenfĂźhrer
1681:. On 2 May 1945,
1675:Army Group Centre
1640:Army Group Centre
1602:
1590:
1558:
1557:
1466:
1465:
1453:⢠1st Guards Army
1435:⢠9th Guards Army
1433:⢠7th Guards Army
1423:⢠Polish 2nd Army
1405:⢠5th Guards Army
1403:⢠3rd Guards Army
1372:
1371:
1115:
1114:
539:
538:
352:Andrey Yeryomenko
341:Rodion Malinovsky
107:
106:
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7828:Prague offensive
7793:
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7776:World portal
7774:
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7712:
7705:
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7689:
7682:
7675:
7668:
7661:
7652:
7645:
7638:
7636:Prague offensive
7631:
7629:Battle of Berlin
7624:
7617:
7610:
7603:
7596:
7589:
7582:
7575:
7573:Vienna offensive
7568:
7561:
7554:
7552:Battle of Manila
7547:
7527:
7518:
7509:
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7486:
7479:
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7366:
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7352:
7345:
7336:
7329:
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7311:
7302:
7295:
7293:KorsunâCherkassy
7288:
7277:
7255:
7246:
7239:
7232:
7225:
7218:
7211:
7204:
7195:
7188:
7181:
7174:
7165:
7158:
7151:
7144:
7137:
7135:Bombing of Gorky
7130:
7123:
7116:
7096:
7089:
7080:
7073:
7066:
7057:
7050:
7043:
7036:
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7018:
7011:
7004:
7002:Battle of Midway
6997:
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6988:Battle of Gazala
6983:
6976:
6969:
6962:
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6941:
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6898:Battle of Borneo
6893:
6891:Malayan campaign
6886:
6879:
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6851:
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6835:Bombing of Gorky
6830:
6828:Battle of Moscow
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6330:Soviet prisoners
6324:
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6310:
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6270:German prisoners
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5801:
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5758:
5750:
5730:
5721:
5714:
5705:
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5670:
5663:
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5653:from August 1944
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5313:
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5299:
5297:Nanjing Massacre
5292:
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5274:Nuremberg trials
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4860:
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4807:Mulberry harbour
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4044:Glantz, David M.
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3028:
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2991:
2985:
2970:
2964:
2961:
2928:Vienna offensive
2922:Battle of Berlin
2875:Romanian 1st and
2861:Polish 2nd Army
2792:
2647:a communist coup
2558:ÄeskĂŠ BudÄjovice
2245:Blumen-Operation
2243:devised a plan (
2057:
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1855:
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1597:
1595:
1585:
1583:
1574:Prague offensive
1513:Grossdeutschland
1480:
1479:
1478:
1470:
1469:
1386:
1385:
1384:
1376:
1375:
1154:
1152:
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885:Belgorod-Kharkov
851:VoronezhâKharkov
575:
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7378:Eastern Romania
7376:
7371:Warsaw Uprising
7369:
7364:Tannenberg Line
7362:
7355:
7350:Western Ukraine
7348:
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7332:
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6733:
6726:Battle of Crete
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4452:Further reading
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4022:"Human Losses"
4017:
4013:978-0297772385
4012:
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3994:
3980:
3978:
3975:
3973:
3972:
3968:YPL staff 2012
3960:
3958:, p. 675.
3945:
3933:
3921:
3899:
3887:
3883:Johnstone 2009
3875:
3863:
3851:
3839:
3827:
3825:, p. 677.
3812:
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3798:, p. 424.
3779:
3777:, p. 274.
3767:
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3752:
3750:, p. 222.
3737:
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3722:
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3707:
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3692:
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3680:
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3665:
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3648:
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3598:
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3571:
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3088:
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3054:
3038:Greenwald 1945
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1539:⢠XXXXIX Corps
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1137:
1130:
1122:
1113:
1112:
1110:
1109:
1108:
1107:
1097:
1090:
1085:
1080:
1075:
1070:
1068:East Pomerania
1065:
1058:
1053:
1048:
1043:
1038:
1030:
1029:
1025:
1024:
1019:
1014:
1009:
1004:
999:
994:
989:
984:
977:
970:
965:
958:
953:
948:
943:
938:
933:
927:
926:
922:
921:
916:
911:
904:
903:
902:
892:
887:
882:
877:
870:
865:
860:
853:
848:
843:
835:
834:
830:
829:
822:
815:
810:
803:
798:
793:
788:
781:
776:
771:
766:
761:
759:ToropetsâKholm
756:
749:
744:
738:
737:
733:
732:
727:
722:
717:
712:
711:
710:
703:
698:
693:
688:
683:
678:
673:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
636:
631:
626:
621:
608:
607:
603:
602:
597:
592:
586:
585:
581:
578:
577:
568:
567:
560:
553:
545:
537:
536:
490:
486:
485:
481:
480:
434:
415:
414:
410:
409:
363:Karel KlapĂĄlek
320:
251:
250:
246:
245:
207:Czechoslovakia
178:
177:
176:
114:
113:
109:
108:
105:
104:
103:
102:
92:
88:
87:
84:Czechoslovakia
78:
76:
72:
71:
66:
58:
57:
47:
46:
35:
34:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
7870:
7859:
7856:
7854:
7851:
7849:
7846:
7844:
7841:
7839:
7836:
7834:
7831:
7829:
7826:
7824:
7821:
7819:
7816:
7814:
7811:
7810:
7808:
7792:
7788:
7785:
7781:
7778:
7777:
7772:
7765:
7764:
7761:
7748:
7744:
7741:
7737:
7734:
7730:
7729:
7727:
7723:
7718:
7714:
7713:
7711:
7710:Kuril Islands
7707:
7704:
7700:
7695:
7691:
7690:
7688:
7684:
7681:
7677:
7674:
7670:
7667:
7663:
7660:
7656:
7651:
7647:
7646:
7644:
7640:
7637:
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7616:
7612:
7609:
7605:
7602:
7598:
7595:
7591:
7588:
7584:
7581:
7577:
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7570:
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7563:
7560:
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7549:
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7537:
7533:
7526:
7522:
7517:
7516:
7511:
7510:
7508:
7504:
7501:
7497:
7492:
7488:
7487:
7485:
7481:
7478:
7477:Syrmian Front
7474:
7471:
7467:
7464:
7460:
7457:
7453:
7450:
7449:
7444:
7441:
7440:
7435:
7432:
7428:
7425:
7424:
7423:Market Garden
7419:
7416:
7412:
7409:
7405:
7402:
7398:
7395:
7394:
7389:
7386:
7382:
7379:
7375:
7372:
7368:
7365:
7361:
7358:
7354:
7351:
7347:
7344:
7343:
7338:
7335:
7331:
7328:
7327:
7322:
7319:
7318:
7313:
7310:
7309:
7304:
7301:
7297:
7294:
7290:
7287:
7283:
7282:Monte Cassino
7279:
7276:
7275:
7270:
7269:
7267:
7265:
7261:
7254:
7250:
7245:
7241:
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7110:
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7095:
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7059:
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7049:
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7042:
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7029:
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7006:
7003:
6999:
6996:
6992:
6989:
6985:
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6975:
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6797:
6794:
6790:
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6709:
6706:
6702:
6699:
6695:
6694:
6692:
6690:
6686:
6679:
6678:
6673:
6670:
6666:
6663:
6659:
6656:
6652:
6649:
6648:Baltic states
6645:
6642:
6638:
6635:
6631:
6628:
6624:
6621:
6617:
6614:
6610:
6607:
6603:
6600:
6596:
6593:
6589:
6586:
6582:
6579:
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6572:
6568:
6565:
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6527:
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6510:
6506:
6503:
6499:
6496:
6492:
6489:
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6484:
6482:
6480:
6476:
6467:
6463:
6460:
6456:
6453:
6449:
6446:
6442:
6439:
6435:
6434:
6432:
6428:
6423:
6419:
6416:
6412:
6411:
6409:
6405:
6400:
6396:
6395:
6393:
6389:
6388:
6386:
6384:
6380:
6377:
6375:
6371:
6360:
6356:
6353:
6349:
6344:
6340:
6337:
6333:
6332:
6328:
6323:
6319:
6318:
6316:
6312:
6309:
6305:
6300:
6296:
6293:
6292:United States
6289:
6284:
6280:
6279:
6277:
6273:
6272:
6268:
6265:
6261:
6260:
6258:
6256:
6252:
6245:
6241:
6236:
6232:
6229:
6228:Quáťc dân Äảng
6225:
6224:
6220:
6217:
6213:
6210:
6206:
6203:
6199:
6196:
6192:
6189:
6185:
6182:
6178:
6175:
6171:
6168:
6164:
6161:
6157:
6154:
6150:
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6129:
6126:
6122:
6117:
6113:
6110:
6106:
6105:
6103:
6099:
6096:
6092:
6089:
6085:
6082:
6078:
6075:
6071:
6068:
6064:
6061:
6057:
6054:
6050:
6047:
6043:
6040:
6036:
6033:
6029:
6026:
6022:
6019:
6015:
6012:
6008:
6005:
6001:
5998:
5994:
5991:
5987:
5986:
5984:
5982:
5978:
5971:
5967:
5964:
5960:
5957:
5953:
5950:
5946:
5943:
5939:
5936:
5932:
5929:
5928:Liechtenstein
5925:
5922:
5918:
5915:
5911:
5908:
5904:
5901:
5897:
5896:
5894:
5892:
5888:
5881:
5877:
5874:
5870:
5867:
5863:
5859:
5855:
5852:
5848:
5845:
5841:
5838:
5834:
5829:
5825:
5824:
5821:
5817:
5814:
5810:
5807:
5803:
5800:
5796:
5793:
5789:
5786:
5782:
5778:
5774:
5771:
5767:
5764:
5760:
5756:
5752:
5749:
5745:
5744:
5742:
5740:
5736:
5729:
5725:
5720:
5716:
5715:
5713:
5712:United States
5709:
5704:
5700:
5699:
5697:
5693:
5690:
5686:
5683:
5679:
5676:
5672:
5669:
5665:
5662:
5658:
5654:
5650:
5646:
5643:
5639:
5636:
5632:
5629:
5625:
5622:
5618:
5615:
5611:
5608:
5604:
5601:
5597:
5594:
5590:
5586:
5582:
5578:
5575:
5571:
5568:
5564:
5561:
5557:
5554:
5550:
5546:
5542:
5538:
5534:
5530:
5527:
5523:
5520:
5516:
5513:
5509:
5506:
5502:
5499:
5495:
5492:
5488:
5484:
5480:
5476:
5473:
5469:
5466:
5462:
5459:
5455:
5452:
5448:
5447:
5445:
5443:
5439:
5436:
5434:
5430:
5417:
5413:
5410:
5406:
5403:
5402:Comfort women
5399:
5396:
5392:
5389:
5386: /
5385:
5381:
5378:
5375: /
5374:
5371: /
5370:
5366:
5363:
5362:Camp brothels
5359:
5356:
5352:
5351:
5347:
5344:
5340:
5335:
5331:
5328:
5324:
5323:
5321:
5317:
5312:
5308:
5305:
5301:
5298:
5294:
5293:
5291:
5287:
5284:
5280:
5275:
5271:
5266:
5262:
5259:
5255:
5254:
5252:
5251:The Holocaust
5248:
5245:
5241:
5238:
5237:forced labour
5234:
5233:
5231:
5227:
5222:
5218:
5215:
5211:
5208:
5204:
5203:
5201:
5197:
5196:
5194:
5192:
5188:
5181:
5177:
5174:
5170:
5167:
5163:
5158:
5154:
5151:
5147:
5144:
5140:
5137:
5133:
5132:
5130:
5126:
5123:
5122:
5117:
5114:
5113:
5108:
5105:
5101:
5098:
5094:
5091:
5090:Marshall Plan
5087:
5084:
5083:
5078:
5075:
5071:
5068:
5064:
5061:
5057:
5054:
5050:
5047:
5043:
5040:
5036:
5033:
5029:
5026:
5022:
5021:
5019:
5017:
5013:
5006:
5002:
4997:
4993:
4992:
4990:
4986:
4983:
4979:
4974:
4970:
4967:
4963:
4960:
4956:
4955:
4953:
4949:
4944:
4943:Eastern Front
4940:
4937:
4936:Western Front
4933:
4932:
4930:
4926:
4921:
4917:
4914:
4910:
4907:
4903:
4900:
4896:
4893:
4889:
4886:
4882:
4881:
4879:
4875:
4874:
4872:
4870:
4866:
4859:
4855:
4852:
4848:
4845:
4841:
4838:
4834:
4831:
4830:Puppet states
4827:
4824:
4820:
4817:
4813:
4808:
4804:
4801:
4797:
4796:
4794:
4790:
4787:
4783:
4780:
4776:
4773:
4772:Naval history
4769:
4766:
4762:
4759:
4755:
4752:
4748:
4743:
4739:
4738:
4736:
4732:
4729:
4725:
4720:
4719:United States
4716:
4713:
4709:
4706:
4702:
4701:
4699:
4695:
4692:
4688:
4685:
4681:
4678:
4674:
4671:
4667:
4664:
4660:
4657:
4653:
4648:
4644:
4643:
4641:
4637:
4636:
4634:
4632:
4628:
4625:
4621:
4614:
4610:
4607:
4603:
4598:
4594:
4591:
4587:
4584:
4580:
4579:
4575:
4570:
4566:
4565:
4563:
4559:
4556:
4552:
4551:
4548:
4544:
4537:
4532:
4530:
4525:
4523:
4518:
4517:
4514:
4506:
4505:0-8133-1431-3
4502:
4498:
4497:0-8133-1430-5
4494:
4490:
4489:0-8133-1429-1
4486:
4482:
4479:
4478:
4476:
4472:
4469:
4464:
4460:
4456:
4455:
4444:
4439:
4435:
4430:
4419:
4415:
4411:
4410:
4404:
4400:
4395:
4391:
4386:
4383:
4381:3-7648-1111-0
4377:
4373:
4368:
4365:
4363:3-7648-1083-1
4359:
4355:
4350:
4347:
4345:3-7648-0942-6
4341:
4337:
4332:
4329:
4327:3-7648-0871-3
4323:
4319:
4314:
4303:
4302:
4296:
4292:
4287:
4284:
4278:
4274:
4269:
4265:
4263:9780195166798
4259:
4255:
4254:
4248:
4245:
4239:
4235:
4230:
4227:
4221:
4217:
4212:
4209:
4203:
4199:
4194:
4183:
4182:
4176:
4162:
4155:
4154:
4148:
4144:
4138:
4130:
4129:
4122:
4113:on 2008-03-11
4112:
4108:
4107:
4101:
4098:
4096:3-7637-5889-5
4092:
4088:
4083:
4079:
4075:
4071:
4066:
4063:
4061:0-7006-0899-0
4057:
4052:
4051:
4045:
4041:
4038:on 2013-01-14
4034:
4030:
4023:
4018:
4015:
4009:
4005:
4000:
3997:
3995:0-8179-4491-5
3991:
3987:
3982:
3981:
3969:
3964:
3957:
3956:Lakowski 2008
3952:
3950:
3942:
3937:
3924:
3918:
3914:
3910:
3903:
3896:
3891:
3884:
3879:
3872:
3871:Gosztony 1991
3867:
3861:, p. 16.
3860:
3855:
3848:
3843:
3837:, p. 35.
3836:
3831:
3824:
3823:Lakowski 2008
3819:
3817:
3810:, p. 50.
3809:
3804:
3797:
3792:
3790:
3788:
3786:
3784:
3776:
3771:
3764:
3763:Erickson 1983
3759:
3757:
3749:
3744:
3742:
3734:
3733:Gosztony 1991
3729:
3727:
3719:
3714:
3712:
3704:
3699:
3697:
3689:
3684:
3677:
3676:Williams 1989
3672:
3670:
3662:
3657:
3655:
3653:
3646:
3641:
3634:
3629:
3627:
3625:
3623:
3621:
3619:
3617:
3615:
3607:
3606:Erickson 1983
3602:
3595:
3590:
3588:
3580:
3579:Williams 1989
3575:
3569:
3564:
3557:
3556:Erickson 1983
3552:
3545:
3544:Erickson 1983
3540:
3533:
3528:
3526:
3519:, p. 17.
3518:
3513:
3506:
3505:Erickson 1983
3501:
3499:
3497:
3495:
3487:
3486:Williams 1989
3482:
3480:
3470:
3464:, p. 90.
3463:
3458:
3451:
3446:
3440:, p. 53.
3439:
3434:
3427:
3422:
3416:, p. 52.
3415:
3410:
3403:
3402:Erickson 1983
3398:
3396:
3388:
3387:Erickson 1983
3383:
3376:
3375:Erickson 1983
3371:
3356:
3355:
3348:
3339:
3333:
3331:
3324:
3308:
3304:
3300:
3294:
3287:
3282:
3280:
3278:
3270:
3265:
3263:
3261:
3259:
3257:
3255:
3253:
3251:
3249:
3247:
3245:
3237:
3232:
3225:
3224:Lakowski 2008
3220:
3213:
3208:
3206:
3201:
3180:
3170:
3163:
3160:
3156:
3153:
3149:
3145:
3144:
3139:
3133:
3126:
3120:
3113:
3110:
3106:
3102:
3098:
3092:
3085:
3081:
3075:
3068:
3064:
3058:
3051:
3047:
3043:
3039:
3033:
3026:
3022:
3018:
3014:
3010:
3004:
2997:
2990:
2983:
2979:
2975:
2969:
2960:
2956:
2946:
2943:
2941:
2938:
2935:
2932:
2929:
2926:
2923:
2920:
2919:
2913:
2899:
2896:
2893:
2889:
2885:
2882:
2879:
2873:
2869:
2866:
2863:
2859:
2855:
2852:
2849:
2845:
2841:
2838:
2835:
2831:
2827:
2824:
2821:
2817:
2813:
2811:Total losses
2810:
2807:
2804:
2803:
2800:
2793:
2790:
2782:
2779:
2776:
2775:
2773:
2768:
2765:
2762:
2761:
2759:
2758:
2749:
2745:
2736:
2733:
2729:
2728:John Erickson
2724:
2722:
2716:
2707:
2705:
2701:
2697:
2692:
2690:
2686:
2681:
2679:
2675:
2670:
2668:
2664:
2660:
2650:
2648:
2642:
2638:
2636:
2630:
2626:
2614:
2609:
2600:
2598:
2593:
2591:
2587:
2582:
2581:ethnic German
2577:
2575:
2571:
2567:
2563:
2559:
2555:
2554:George Patton
2549:
2540:
2538:
2534:
2529:
2527:
2517:
2508:
2504:
2500:
2498:
2492:
2490:
2479:
2477:
2473:
2468:
2466:
2462:
2457:
2454:
2450:
2446:
2442:
2437:
2435:
2431:
2427:
2423:
2413:
2411:
2407:
2403:
2399:
2395:
2391:
2387:
2382:
2380:
2376:
2372:
2367:
2365:
2361:
2357:
2353:
2349:
2345:
2335:
2327:
2323:
2320:
2316:
2311:
2308:
2303:
2299:
2296:
2292:
2288:
2283:
2281:
2277:
2273:
2266:
2257:
2248:
2246:
2242:
2237:
2235:
2231:
2227:
2223:
2219:
2214:
2211:
2210:
2205:
2200:
2198:
2197:Ore Mountains
2194:
2189:
2187:
2181:
2179:
2175:
2171:
2167:
2162:
2160:
2156:
2151:
2148:
2144:
2139:
2137:
2133:
2128:
2126:
2122:
2118:
2113:
2108:
2106:
2102:
2098:
2094:
2090:
2086:
2082:
2072:
2062:
2061:
2042:
2041:
2022:
2021:
2002:
2001:
1982:
1981:
1962:
1961:
1942:
1941:
1922:
1921:
1902:
1901:
1882:
1881:
1862:
1844:
1843:
1827:
1816:
1807:
1805:
1804:Ore Mountains
1798:
1788:
1785:
1781:
1777:
1773:
1768:
1767:Joseph Stalin
1764:
1759:
1757:
1752:
1750:
1746:
1742:
1741:
1736:
1731:
1729:
1725:
1721:
1717:
1713:
1709:
1703:
1701:
1697:
1693:
1692:
1687:
1684:
1683:Generaloberst
1680:
1676:
1671:
1669:
1653:
1651:
1646:
1641:
1636:
1634:
1630:
1626:
1622:
1618:
1614:
1610:
1609:Eastern Front
1606:
1600:
1594:
1588:
1579:
1575:
1567:
1563:
1550:
1545:
1537:⢠LXXII Corps
1531:
1521:
1514:
1508:
1503:⢠LXXXX Corps
1501:
1493:
1489:
1485:
1471:
1449:
1427:
1399:
1395:
1391:
1377:
1365:
1362:
1360:
1357:
1355:
1352:
1350:
1347:
1345:
1342:
1340:
1337:
1336:
1332:
1331:
1328:
1325:
1323:
1320:
1318:
1315:
1313:
1310:
1308:
1307:UmanâBotoČani
1305:
1303:
1300:
1298:
1295:
1293:
1292:Kerch-Eltigen
1290:
1287:
1283:
1282:
1277:
1274:
1272:
1271:
1270:Little Saturn
1267:
1265:
1264:
1260:
1258:
1257:
1253:
1251:
1248:
1246:
1245:
1241:
1239:
1236:
1234:
1231:
1229:
1226:
1224:
1221:
1219:
1216:
1214:
1211:
1209:
1206:
1204:
1201:
1199:
1198:
1194:
1192:
1189:
1187:
1184:
1183:
1179:
1178:
1175:
1172:
1170:
1167:
1165:
1162:
1161:
1158:
1153:
1143:
1138:
1136:
1131:
1129:
1124:
1123:
1120:
1106:
1103:
1102:
1101:
1098:
1096:
1095:
1091:
1089:
1086:
1084:
1081:
1079:
1076:
1074:
1071:
1069:
1066:
1064:
1063:
1059:
1057:
1054:
1052:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1037:
1036:
1032:
1031:
1027:
1026:
1023:
1020:
1018:
1015:
1013:
1010:
1008:
1005:
1003:
1000:
998:
995:
993:
990:
988:
985:
983:
982:
978:
976:
975:
971:
969:
966:
964:
963:
959:
957:
954:
952:
949:
947:
944:
942:
939:
937:
934:
932:
929:
928:
924:
923:
920:
917:
915:
912:
910:
909:
905:
901:
898:
897:
896:
893:
891:
888:
886:
883:
881:
878:
876:
875:
871:
869:
866:
864:
861:
859:
858:
854:
852:
849:
847:
844:
842:
841:
837:
836:
832:
831:
828:
827:
826:Little Saturn
823:
821:
820:
816:
814:
813:Velikiye Luki
811:
809:
808:
804:
802:
799:
797:
794:
792:
789:
787:
786:
782:
780:
777:
775:
772:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
757:
755:
754:
750:
748:
745:
743:
740:
739:
735:
734:
731:
728:
726:
723:
721:
718:
716:
713:
709:
708:
704:
702:
699:
697:
694:
692:
689:
687:
684:
682:
679:
677:
674:
672:
671:
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
640:
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
616:
615:
614:
610:
609:
605:
604:
601:
598:
596:
593:
591:
588:
587:
584:Naval warfare
583:
582:
579:
574:
573:Eastern Front
566:
561:
559:
554:
552:
547:
546:
543:
491:
488:
487:
482:
435:
417:
416:
411:
408:
397:
386:
375:
364:
353:
342:
331:
321:
319:
307:
302:
301:Kurt Agricola
290:
285:
274:
263:
253:
252:
247:
244:
233:
221:
208:
197:
185:
183:
179:
175:
165:
164:
163:
161:
148:
136:
123:
121:
116:
115:
110:
101:
98:
97:
96:
93:
90:
89:
85:
81:
77:
74:
73:
70:(5 days)
68:6â11 May 1945
67:
64:
63:
59:
53:
48:
45:
41:
40:Eastern Front
36:
31:
19:
7784:Bibliography
7767:
7635:
7580:Project Hula
7545:VistulaâOder
7514:
7447:
7438:
7422:
7392:
7341:
7325:
7316:
7307:
7273:
7170:
7085:
7061:
7031:
6782:
6675:
6620:North Africa
6322:Soviet Union
6276:Soviet Union
6202:Soviet Union
5970:Vatican City
5880:Vichy France
5785:German Reich
5682:Soviet Union
5668:South Africa
5661:Sierra Leone
5614:Newfoundland
5433:Participants
5416:Marocchinate
5120:
5111:
5081:
4959:North Africa
4920:Indian Ocean
4779:Nazi plunder
4670:Cryptography
4543:World War II
4480:
4474:
4470:
4462:
4442:
4433:
4422:, retrieved
4418:the original
4408:
4398:
4389:
4371:
4353:
4335:
4317:
4306:, retrieved
4304:, Spiegel.de
4300:
4290:
4272:
4252:
4233:
4215:
4197:
4186:, retrieved
4180:
4168:, retrieved
4161:the original
4152:
4125:
4115:, retrieved
4111:the original
4105:
4086:
4078:the original
4073:
4049:
4033:the original
4028:
4003:
3985:
3963:
3941:Ustinov 1982
3936:
3926:, retrieved
3912:
3902:
3895:Jaggers 1993
3890:
3878:
3866:
3854:
3842:
3830:
3803:
3796:Ustinov 1982
3770:
3718:Ustinov 1982
3688:Kershaw 2011
3683:
3661:Mahoney 2011
3640:
3633:Ustinov 1982
3601:
3574:
3563:
3551:
3539:
3512:
3469:
3457:
3452:, p. 8.
3445:
3433:
3421:
3409:
3382:
3370:
3359:, retrieved
3353:
3347:
3338:
3329:
3323:
3311:. Retrieved
3307:the original
3302:
3293:
3231:
3219:
3179:
3169:
3141:
3137:
3132:
3119:
3091:
3074:
3057:
3032:
3003:
2995:
2989:
2968:
2959:
2910:
2798:
2788:
2769:Total 52,498
2731:
2725:
2720:
2717:
2713:
2693:
2689:Protectorate
2682:
2671:
2656:
2643:
2639:
2631:
2627:
2623:
2594:
2578:
2566:Karlovy Vary
2550:
2546:
2530:
2522:
2505:
2501:
2493:
2488:
2485:
2469:
2458:
2438:
2419:
2383:
2368:
2341:
2333:
2324:
2317:(ROA) under
2312:
2304:
2302:occupation.
2300:
2295:Omar Bradley
2284:
2268:
2244:
2238:
2215:
2207:
2201:
2190:
2182:
2178:4th Romanian
2163:
2152:
2145:, where the
2140:
2129:
2109:
2104:
2100:
2093:Army Group G
2078:
2058:
2038:
2018:
1998:
1978:
1958:
1938:
1918:
1898:
1878:
1860:
1840:
1800:
1760:
1753:
1738:
1732:
1704:
1689:
1672:
1664:
1637:
1635:on 8/9 May.
1629:Nazi Germany
1605:World War II
1573:
1571:
1551:Panzer Corps
1548:
1543:
1529:
1527:⢠XXXX Corps
1525:⢠XVII Corps
1523:⢠VIII Corps
1519:
1515:Panzer Corps
1512:
1509:Panzer Corps
1506:
1499:
1495:⢠XIII Corps
1491:
1447:
1425:
1397:
1363:
1322:LublinâBrest
1280:
1269:
1263:Winter Storm
1262:
1255:
1243:
1196:
1099:
1092:
1073:Lake Balaton
1061:
1046:East Prussia
1035:VistulaâOder
1033:
979:
972:
960:
906:
895:2nd Smolensk
872:
856:
839:
825:
818:
805:
783:
751:
730:Air war 1941
705:
668:
644:1st Smolensk
611:
600:Arctic Ocean
196:Soviet Union
180:
118:
117:
112:Belligerents
94:
44:World War II
38:Part of the
7515:Bodenplatte
7401:Gothic Line
6627:West Africa
6174:Philippines
6153:Netherlands
6018:Czech lands
5956:Switzerland
5900:Afghanistan
5851:Philippines
5719:Puerto Rico
5635:Philippines
5621:New Zealand
5607:Netherlands
5560:Free France
5311:Prosecution
5112:Osoaviakhim
4982:West Africa
4966:East Africa
4613:Conferences
4459:Konev, I. v
4256:. OUP USA.
3775:Glantz 1995
3703:Ziemke 1969
3594:Glantz 1995
3462:Tessin 1974
3450:Tessin 1973
3438:Tessin 1976
3426:Tessin 1973
3414:Tessin 1974
3313:October 11,
3286:Glantz 1995
3236:Ziemke 2002
3212:Frajdl 2007
3162:von Krosigk
3155:Karl DĂśnitz
2877:4th Armies
2783:80 aircraft
2123:and Polish
1780:Mulde River
1686:Alfred Jodl
1535:⢠LIX Corps
1497:⢠XII Corps
1459:⢠60th Army
1457:⢠38th Army
1455:⢠18th Army
1441:⢠53rd Army
1439:⢠46th Army
1437:⢠40th Army
1421:⢠59th Army
1419:⢠52nd Army
1417:⢠31st Army
1415:⢠28th Army
1413:⢠21st Army
1411:⢠13th Army
868:Gorky Blitz
863:3rd Kharkov
779:2nd Kharkov
681:1st Kharkov
676:Sea of Azov
7807:Categories
7615:West Hunan
7448:Pointblank
6784:Silver Fox
6770:Summer War
6523:Winter War
6502:Phoney War
6283:Azerbaijan
6244:Yugoslavia
6139:Luxembourg
5981:Resistance
5728:Yugoslavia
5593:Luxembourg
5395:Sook Ching
5191:War crimes
4793:Technology
4786:Opposition
4728:Lend-Lease
4705:Australian
4698:Home front
4656:Blitzkrieg
4606:Casualties
4597:Commanders
4569:Operations
4291:Liberation
4117:2013-07-02
3928:2024-07-30
3808:Lukes 2012
3748:Agnew 2004
3192:References
3159:Chancellor
3125:Bundeswehr
2996:Chronology
2945:Last stand
2760:Personnel
2696:Emil HĂĄcha
2590:Czech Hell
2410:Ninth Army
2406:Strakonice
2360:5th Guards
2356:3rd Guards
2291:Ivan Konev
2218:VIII Corps
1810:Deployment
1656:Background
1533:⢠XI Corps
1487:Components
1393:Components
1281:Tidal Wave
1250:Stalingrad
1218:Sevastopol
992:2nd Baltic
987:Dukla Pass
974:Doppelkopf
946:2nd Crimea
890:2nd Donbas
880:1st Donbas
857:Polar Star
807:Stalingrad
691:Sevastopol
686:1st Crimea
629:1st Baltic
613:Barbarossa
590:Baltic Sea
330:Ivan Konev
7680:Manchuria
7566:Indochina
7342:Bagration
6793:Lithuania
6438:Anschluss
6235:Viet Minh
6132:Lithuania
6074:Hong Kong
5844:Manchukuo
5799:Azad Hind
5458:Australia
5258:Aftermath
5121:Paperclip
5016:Aftermath
4816:Total war
4684:Diplomacy
4647:In Europe
3197:Citations
3152:President
2774:MatĂŠriel
2603:Aftermath
2543:10â11 May
2526:partisans
2497:PodboĹany
2465:Town Hall
2453:46th Army
2426:porcelain
2404:captured
2390:XII Corps
2226:XII Corps
2132:17th Army
1900:17th Army
1749:Waffen-SS
1587:romanized
1520:17th Army
1286:Bucharest
1244:Edelweiss
1191:ConstanČa
1186:Bucharest
1017:Gumbinnen
962:Bagration
801:Sinyavino
785:Case Blue
670:Leningrad
595:Black Sea
443:1,770,700
7791:Category
7740:document
7650:document
7507:Ardennes
7491:Budapest
7439:Crossbow
7317:Overlord
7156:Smolensk
6374:Timeline
6209:Slovakia
6195:Thailand
6046:Ethiopia
6011:Bulgaria
5935:Portugal
5873:Thailand
5755:Bulgaria
5533:Eswatini
5526:Ethiopia
5479:Bulgaria
5304:Unit 731
5265:Response
5082:Keelhaul
5032:Cold War
5005:Americas
4996:timeline
4989:Atlantic
4869:Theaters
4461:(1969),
4424:12 April
4308:12 April
4188:12 April
4170:12 April
4137:citation
3361:28 March
2916:See also
2880:139,500
2850:350,900
2836:613,400
2822:806,400
2805:Unit(s)
2663:Quisling
2443:and the
2375:6th Army
2155:8th Army
2127:Armies.
2089:7th Army
1980:3rd Army
1960:1st Army
1940:7th Army
1842:8th Army
1568:monument
1544:8th Army
1492:7th Army
1354:Budapest
1349:Debrecen
1062:Solstice
1022:Budapest
1012:Courland
1002:Debrecen
997:Belgrade
919:2nd Kiev
791:Caucasus
764:Demyansk
725:Chechnya
659:1st Kiev
413:Strength
160:Slovakia
75:Location
7717:Shumshu
7484:Hungary
7431:Estonia
7415:Lapland
7393:Dragoon
7326:Neptune
7308:Ichi-Go
7274:Tempest
7216:Changde
7171:Cottage
7063:Jubilee
6779:Finland
6677:Compass
6383:Prelude
6336:Finland
6222:Vietnam
6188:Romania
6060:Germany
6039:Estonia
6025:Denmark
6004:Belgium
5997:Austria
5990:Albania
5921:Ireland
5907:Andorra
5891:Neutral
5858:Romania
5792:Hungary
5777:Finland
5649:Romania
5541:Finland
5519:Denmark
5465:Belgium
5451:Algeria
5157:Romania
5143:Hungary
4899:Pacific
4623:General
4577:Leaders
4562:Battles
4555:Outline
4499:, P-Z:
4491:, G-O:
4483:, A-F:
3977:Sources
2894:48,400
2864:69,500
2853:11,529
2839:14,436
2825:23,383
2667:traitor
2597:PĹĂbram
2570:Klatovy
2422:Meissen
2400:of the
2371:Breslau
2287:Antonov
2222:V Corps
2193:Breslau
2143:Olomouc
2136:Ostrava
2105:Benicke
2101:Schulze
2085:Moravia
2081:Bohemia
1791:Terrain
1601:
1589::
1578:Russian
1297:Dnieper
1233:Kharkov
1197:MĂźnchen
1174:Treznea
1056:Breslau
1051:Silesia
956:Karelia
908:Dnieper
774:Bamberg
715:Finland
664:Tallinn
452:139,500
424:430,000
220:Romania
147:Hungary
135:Germany
7694:Debate
7666:Taipei
7659:Borneo
7237:Tarawa
6431:Europe
6392:Africa
6181:Poland
6167:Norway
6146:Malaya
6125:Latvia
6067:Greece
6053:France
5949:Sweden
5914:Bhutan
5642:Poland
5628:Norway
5600:Mexico
5567:Greece
5553:France
5491:Canada
5472:Brazil
5442:Allies
5388:Serbia
5377:Poland
5150:Poland
5136:Baltic
4929:Europe
4631:Topics
4583:Allied
4503:
4495:
4487:
4378:
4360:
4342:
4324:
4279:
4260:
4240:
4222:
4204:
4093:
4058:
4010:
3992:
3919:
3148:Hitler
2984:(1949)
2936:â 1945
2930:â 1945
2924:â 1945
2907:German
2883:1,730
2856:1,922
2842:2,406
2828:3,897
2739:Losses
2537:pocket
2358:, and
2330:Battle
2280:Zittau
2276:Vltava
2230:VE Day
2224:, and
2209:Stavka
2159:Vienna
2060:Prague
1668:attack
1364:Prague
1344:PÄuliČ
1317:Crimea
1256:Uranus
1223:Rostov
1208:Odessa
1169:Diosig
1100:Prague
1094:Berlin
1083:Vienna
900:Lenino
742:Lyuban
707:Moscow
696:Rostov
654:Odessa
499:49,348
479:18,000
470:48,400
461:69,500
303:
286:
232:Poland
217:
193:
182:Allies
157:
132:
91:Result
80:Prague
7470:Leyte
7300:Narva
7286:Anzio
7244:Makin
7202:Burma
7086:Torch
7055:Rzhev
7016:Kiska
6102:Korea
6088:Japan
6081:Italy
5963:Tibet
5942:Spain
5820:Italy
5581:Italy
5574:India
5498:China
5373:Japan
4973:Italy
4885:China
4837:Women
4164:(PDF)
4157:(PDF)
4036:(PDF)
4025:(PDF)
3184:1945.
2951:Notes
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