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and 8th Guards armies broke out of the
Magnuszew bridgehead. The 2nd and 1st guards tank armies were committed after them to exploit the breach. The 69th Army's progress from the Puławy bridgehead was especially successful, with the defending LVI Panzer Corps disintegrating after its line of retreat was cut off. Though the 9th Army conducted many local counter-attacks, they were all brushed aside; the 69th Army ruptured the last lines of defence and took
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In the meantime, the shattered remnants of the 4th Panzer Army were still attempting to reach German lines. By 18 January, Nehring and the XXIV Panzer Corps found that their intended route northwards had been blocked, so pulled back to the west, absorbing the remnants of XLII Corps that had escaped
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Belorussian Front, to Konev's north, opened its attack on the German 9th Army from the Magnuszew and Puławy bridgeheads at 08:30, again commencing with a heavy bombardment. The 33rd and 69th armies broke out of the Puławy bridgehead to a depth of 30 km (19 mi), while the 5th Shock
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Wehrmacht left parts of the German territory largely abandoned. With widespread unchecked chaos erupting, numerous reports of looting and attacks against ethnic Germans emerged. Nazi propaganda had furthermore demonized the Soviet Army so
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Ukrainian Front's objective was far more complex, as they were required to encircle and secure the entire industrial region of Upper Silesia, where they were faced by Schulz's 17th Army. Konev ordered that the 59th and 60th armies advance frontally, while the 21st Army
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The initial barrage was followed by probing attacks and a further heavy bombardment at 10:00. By the time the main armored exploitation force of the 3rd Guards and 4th Tank armies moved forward four hours later, the Fourth Panzer Army had already lost up to ⅔ of its artillery and ¼ of its troops.
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Baranow bridgehead at 04:35 on 12 January with an intense bombardment by the guns of the 1st Ukrainian Front against the positions of the 4th Panzer Army. Concentrated against the divisions of XLVIII Panzer Corps, which had been deployed across the face of the
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Belorussian Front also made rapid progress, as the 9th Army was no longer able to offer coherent resistance. Its XXXVI Panzer Corps, which was positioned behind Warsaw, was pushed over the Vistula into the neighbouring
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remaining capacity for military resistance. However, the stubborn resistance of German forces in
Silesia and Pomerania, as well as continuing fighting in East Prussia, meant that the final offensive towards Berlin was delayed by two months, by which time the
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to cover the breach made in the sector of the 4th Panzer Army, but the advance of Zhukov's forces forced it to detrain at Łódź without even reaching its objective. After covering the 9th Army's retreat, it was forced to withdraw southwest toward the Warthe.
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sector. Warsaw was taken on 17 January, as Army Group A's headquarters issued orders for the city to be abandoned; units of the 2nd Guards and 3rd Shock Armies entering the city were profoundly affected by the devastation wrought by German forces after the
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Majdanek, the Nazis realized that the Soviets would end up finding every camp within Eastern Europe (with all of the prisoners and guards still present) if something were not to be done. As a result, by mid-January, the
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American and British forces during the
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declared the operation complete on 2 February. Zhukov had initially hoped to advance directly on Berlin, as the German defences had largely collapsed. However, the exposed northern flank of the 1st Belorussian Front in
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encircled the area from the north. He then ordered Rybalko's 3rd Guards Tank Army, moving on Breslau, to swing southwards along the upper Oder from 20 January, cutting off 17th Army's withdrawal.
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The 2nd Guards Tank Army pressed forward to the Oder, while to the south the 8th Guards Army reached Łódź by 18 January, and took it by 19 January. The 1st Guards Tank Army moved to encircle
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using his mechanised forces, and to use the combined-arms forces of the 60th and 59th armies to open an attack on the southern flank towards the industrial heartland of Upper Silesia through
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dying en route. It is estimated that in March and April 1945, at least 250,000 men and women were marched on foot to the heartland of Germany and Austria sometimes for weeks at a time.
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and manpower in the three bridgeheads. The Red Army greatly outnumbered the opposing Wehrmacht in infantry, artillery, and armour. All this was known to German intelligence. General
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by 25 January, and the 8th Guards Army began to fight its way into the city on the following day, though there was protracted and intense fighting in the
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to the west, where ethnic Germans also started fleeing. In a little over two weeks, the Red Army had advanced 480 kilometres (300 mi) from the
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to their south. The force had a total complement of 450,000 soldiers, 4,100 artillery pieces, and 1,150 tanks. Army Group A was led by
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Preceding the offensive, the Red Army had built up large amounts of
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1945 invasion of Nazi-occupied territory by the Red Army during WWII
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Captain Reinhardt Mueller, interviewed in Sims and Schilling, p. 24
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2146:- Hitler's former headquarters on the Eastern Front, was captured.
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On 17 January, Konev was given new objectives: to advance towards
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2449:, which proved to be the culminating offensive of the war on the
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World War II aerial operations and battles of the Eastern Front
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2480:, operations to clear the southern flank of 1st Ukrainian Front
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The military historian Earl Ziemke described the advance thus:
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3076:[The Berlin Operation of 1945: Discussion Continues].
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2174:. It reads, in Russian, "March 1945, Death to the Germans."
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had once again built up a substantial force on this axis.
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Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945
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1343:. Guderian in turn presented the intelligence results to
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On 27 January, troops from Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front (
3087:"Breakout from the Sandomierz Bridgehead (pages 20-24)"
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
1351:". Guderian had proposed to evacuate the divisions of
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6833:
Military operations of World War II involving Germany
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river. After the war, a debate raged, mainly between
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6818:
Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II
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When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
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Disposition of forces and advance of the Soviet Army
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in January 1945. The army made a major advance into
3074:Берлинская операция 1945 г.: дискуссия продолжается
2078:
3046:
2569:
2182:River against patchy resistance from a variety of
2689:] (in Swedish). Historisk Media. p. 37.
2395:German evacuation from Central and Eastern Europe
2028:Taking of Kraków; escape of the XXIV Panzer Corps
6804:
2995:, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas,
2373:. The Soviets would also liberate camps such as
6813:Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War
2991:Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (1995),
2891:The largest death marches, winter of 1944-1945.
2149:
1447:multiple rocket launchers, and 5,000 aircraft.
2142:in East Prussia. On 27 January, the abandoned
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2893:United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2015.
1696:Soviet forces in this sector were opposed by
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2138:by 24 January and so succeeded in isolating
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2306:before the Berlin offensive could proceed.
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2056:Withdrawal of 17th Army from Upper Silesia
1994:, while the 2nd Guards Tank Army moved on
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2474:, German counter-offensive in Pomerania
1853:Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim
1246:, with two fronts commanded by Marshal
14:
6805:
6691:Historical and prehistoric inhabitants
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4968:Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union
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3085:Sims, D; Schilling, A (October 1990),
2941:. St. Paul: Motorbooks International.
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2646:Only two divisions of this corps, the
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2310:Liberation of Nazi concentration camps
2298:, along with a German counter-attack (
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5839:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
5271:Japanese invasion of French Indochina
4917:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union
4873:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union
3978:Rape during the occupation of Germany
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1387:, as Stalin chose to claim at Yalta.
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6651:Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge
4961:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union
3993:Rape during the liberation of France
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2486:, the parallel offensive in Slovakia
2247:liberated along with other prisoners
2134:had reached the Baltic coast of the
1954:river, and began to exploit towards
1708:before the front continued south to
2572:Ardennes 1944: Hitler's last gamble
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2097:, head of the Operations Branch of
1539:(in Magnuszew bridgehead) (General
24:
6604:General Stefan Grot-Rowecki Bridge
5187:German invasion of the Netherlands
3467:Weather events during World War II
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1262:(soon replaced by Colonel-General
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6660:Channels and artificial waterways
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5818:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
1270:, sending the prisoners on their
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6771:(likely named after the Vistula)
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2939:Berlin 1945: The Final Reckoning
2924:Beevor, pp. 28, 29, 30–37, 46–51
2216:Panzergrenadier-Division Kurmark
2079:Advance of 1st Belorussian Front
1220:European theatre of World War II
419:Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
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6065:Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945
3775:Territorial changes of Germany
3683:Indonesian National Revolution
3072:Rzheshevsky, Oleg A. (2002).
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1719:, deployed around Warsaw, the
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1294:In the wake of the successful
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6838:January 1945 events in Europe
6619:Maria Skłodowska-Curie Bridge
5465:Japanese invasion of Thailand
5416:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
5180:German invasion of Luxembourg
3561:Mediterranean and Middle East
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2245:. The officer was eventually
2219:was ordered to reinforce it.
1435:(76 mm or more), 14,812
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5372:Invasion of the Soviet Union
5061:Occupation of Czechoslovakia
4379:Independent State of Croatia
2889:The Holocaust Encyclopedia,
2576:. New York: Viking. p.
2484:Western Carpathian offensive
2424:
2367:Auschwitz concentration camp
2336:Nazi-controlled police units
2253:by the US Army in May 1945.
2150:Zhukov's advance to the Oder
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1779:to 20 January; then General
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80:12 January – 2 February 1945
7:
6356:End of World War II in Asia
6196:Western invasion of Germany
5703:Chinese famine of 1942–1943
5680:Second Battle of El Alamein
5250:Hundred Regiments Offensive
5222:Battle of the Mediterranean
5075:Italian invasion of Albania
3249:Air warfare of World War II
2460:
2445:, the opening phase of the
2324:Majdanek concentration camp
2103:Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
2012:Panzerkorps Großdeutschland
1777:Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
1529:(in Magnuszew bridgehead) (
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1377:Operation Frühlingserwachen
1339:, passed his assessment to
1254:. Against them, the German
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932:and Eastern Germany 1944–45
10:
6884:
6282:Naval bombardment of Japan
5650:First Battle of El Alamein
5569:Battle of Christmas Island
5514:Japanese invasion of Burma
5278:Italian invasion of Greece
5194:German invasion of Belgium
5166:German invasion of Denmark
5139:1939–1940 Winter Offensive
5008:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
3272:Comparative military ranks
2687:Berlin - The Downfall 1945
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2170:, immediately east of the
1643:Viktor Kirillovich Baranov
1207:Vislo-Oderskaya operatsiya
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6659:
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6203:Bratislava–Brno offensive
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6134:Dutch famine of 1944–1945
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5758:Allied invasion of Sicily
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5618:Aleutian Islands campaign
5590:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
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5528:Greek famine of 1941–1944
5423:Second Battle of Changsha
5328:German invasion of Greece
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5173:Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
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2960:Berlin: The Downfall 1945
2709:Sims and Schilling, p. 23
2314:In July 1944, the Soviet
2304:East Pomeranian offensive
1979:East Pomeranian offensive
1895:Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
1663:Aleksey Semenovich Zhadov
1320:Lvov–Sandomierz offensive
1258:, led by Colonel-General
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313:43,476 killed or missing
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6738:Vistula delta Mennonites
5795:Allied invasion of Italy
5772:Solomon Islands campaign
5521:Third Battle of Changsha
5118:First Battle of Changsha
5024:Second Sino-Japanese War
3964:German military brothels
3830:United States war crimes
3073:
2683:Berlin: Slutstriden 1944
2389:Flight of ethnic Germans
2285:as early as 31 January.
2234:and imprisoned first at
1975:Lower Silesian offensive
1639:1st Guards Cavalry Corps
1559:(in Puławy bridgehead) (
1549:(in Puławy bridgehead) (
315:150,715 wounded and sick
114:Nazi concentration camps
6634:Silesian–Dąbrowa Bridge
6217:Second Guangxi campaign
6072:Philippines (1944–1945)
5576:Battle of the Coral Sea
5479:Fall of the Philippines
5125:Battle of South Guangxi
5031:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
4437:Italian Social Republic
3013:. New York: Macmillan.
2962:, Penguin Books, 2002,
2681:Beebor, Antony (2002).
2132:East Prussian offensive
1971:East Prussian offensive
1501:Pavel Alexeyevich Belov
1196:Висло-Одерская операция
110:Liberation of Auschwitz
6868:Poznań in World War II
6863:Kraków in World War II
6858:Warsaw in World War II
6764:Vistula–Oder offensive
5802:Armistice of Cassibile
5604:Battle of Dutch Harbor
5555:Battle of the Java Sea
5458:Attack on Pearl Harbor
5358:Syria–Lebanon campaign
5351:Battle of South Shanxi
5321:Invasion of Yugoslavia
5104:Battle of the Atlantic
4718:Korean Liberation Army
4431:(until September 1943)
4388:(until September 1944)
4366:(until September 1944)
2443:Oder and Neisse Rivers
2272:
2228:Generalstab des Heeres
2175:
1986:
1937:68th Infantry Division
1931:
1930:Vistula–Oder offensive
1893:(SS-Obergruppenfuhrer
1754:
1400:
1302:managed to secure two
1188:Vistula–Oder offensive
308:147,000 taken prisoner
184:Commanders and leaders
118:Disintegration of the
35:Vistula–Oder offensive
18:Vistula–Oder Offensive
6759:Vistula–Bug offensive
6589:Anna Jagiellon Bridge
5966:Second Battle of Guam
5862:Bengal famine of 1943
5832:Second Battle of Kiev
5788:Battle of the Dnieper
5493:Battle of Wake Island
5365:East African campaign
5307:Battle of South Henan
4952:atrocities by Germans
4725:Korean Volunteer Army
3706:Occupation of Germany
3460:Music in World War II
3106:. London: Macdonald.
3102:Ziemke, Earl (1969).
2660:25th Panzer Divisions
2652:17th Panzer Divisions
2615:10 April 2006 at the
2519:Glantz (1995), p. 300
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2157:
2128:2nd Belorussian Front
1981:, and the battles in
1968:
1929:
1749:
1457:1st Belorussian Front
1412:and southward in the
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1359:to the Reich via the
1300:1st Belorussian Front
294:Casualties and losses
242:1st Belorussian Front
6646:Świętokrzyski Bridge
6252:Surrender of Germany
5730:Battle of West Hubei
5687:Guadalcanal campaign
5657:Battle of Stalingrad
5583:Battle of Madagascar
4357:Albania protectorate
4144:(formerly Swaziland)
3853:Wehrmacht war crimes
3669:Expulsion of Germans
3453:Art and World War II
3351:British contribution
3300:Governments in exile
2355:322nd Rifle Division
2017:Dietrich von Saucken
1765:to 20 January; then
1653:Konstantin Koroteyev
1629:3rd Guards Tank Army
1561:Vyacheslav Tsvetayev
1517:2nd Guards Tank Army
1507:1st Guards Tank Army
58:Soviet troops enter
6609:John Paul II Bridge
6342:Potsdam Declaration
6231:Italy (Spring 1945)
5994:Liberation of Paris
5451:Siege of Sevastopol
4469:(until August 1944)
4372:Wang Jingwei regime
4194:from September 1943
4154:from September 1944
4092:from September 1944
3952:Romanian war crimes
3943:Persecution of Jews
3929:Croatian war crimes
3899:Japanese war crimes
3713:Occupation of Japan
3662:First Indochina War
3374:Military production
3286:Declarations of war
3031:, Greenwood, 1996,
2937:Bahm, Karl (2001).
2478:Silesian offensives
2276:Army Group Courland
2222:On 16 January 1945
2210:Tierschtigel Riegel
2205:V SS Mountain Corps
2130:taking part in the
2002:and attack towards
1849:XLVIII Panzer Corps
1823:Fritz-Hubert Gräser
1797:XXXXVI Panzer Corps
1593:Vladimir Gluzdovsky
1569:1st Ukrainian Front
1481:Stanislav Poplavsky
1431:, 13,763 pieces of
1385:Battle of the Bulge
1312:1st Ukrainian Front
1296:Operation Bagration
1268:concentration camps
626:Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh
527:Barvenkovo–Lozovaya
286:450,000-800,000 men
270:Stanislav Poplavsky
258:1st Ukrainian Front
6790:Vistula University
6677:Vistula Spit canal
6624:Poniatowski Bridge
6335:Surrender of Japan
6168:Battle of Iwo Jima
6017:Belgrade offensive
5430:Siege of Leningrad
5314:Battle of Shanggao
5243:British Somaliland
5208:Dunkirk evacuation
5159:Norwegian campaign
5097:Invasion of Poland
4924:Japanese prisoners
3892:Italian war crimes
3823:British war crimes
3738:Soviet occupations
3522:South-West Pacific
3409:Allied cooperation
3367:Military equipment
3029:Zhukov at the Oder
2915:Rzheshevsky (2002)
2472:Operation Solstice
2300:Operation Solstice
2243:concentration camp
2201:Army Group Vistula
2176:
2095:Bogislaw von Bonin
1987:
1932:
1891:XI SS Panzer Corps
1767:Ferdinand Schörner
1755:
1736:Ferdinand Schörner
1623:Dmitry Lelyushenko
1551:Vladimir Kolpakchi
1471:Franz Perkhorovich
1401:
1264:Ferdinand Schörner
1110:Murowana Oszmianka
1025:Sandomierz–Silesia
821:Western Carpathian
761:2nd Jassy–Kishinev
731:1st Jassy–Kishinev
716:Leningrad–Novgorod
711:Dnieper–Carpathian
226:(Until 20 January)
197:Ferdinand Schörner
120:General Government
67:self-propelled gun
6823:Conflicts in 1945
6798:
6797:
6703:Przeworsk culture
6639:Solidarity Bridge
6594:Cross-City Bridge
6582:Notable crossings
6409:
6408:
6367:
6366:
6210:Battle of Okinawa
6109:Burma (1944–1945)
5943:Mariana and Palau
5723:Tunisian campaign
5548:Fall of Singapore
5472:Fall of Hong Kong
5215:Battle of Britain
5068:Operation Himmler
4977:
4976:
4641:Dutch East Indies
4284:Southern Rhodesia
4036:
4035:
3936:Genocide of Serbs
3839:German war crimes
3816:Soviet war crimes
3809:Allied war crimes
3655:Division of Korea
3634:Chinese Civil War
3432:Strategic bombing
3344:Manhattan Project
3113:978-0-356-02960-3
3104:Battle for Berlin
3080:(in Russian) (4).
3064:978-0-563-52296-6
3020:978-0-333-90836-5
2862:Ziemke pp. 30, 31
2853:Le Tissier, p. 32
2671:Duffy, pp. 51, 59
2587:978-0-670-02531-2
2140:Army Group Centre
1839:XXIV Panzer Corps
1833:Hermann Recknagel
1761:(Colonel-General
1214:operation on the
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1095:Polish resistance
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206:(From 20 January)
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6752:Related articles
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6708:Wielbark culture
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2447:Battle of Berlin
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2158:Tree carving in
1885:Rudolf von Bünau
1865:Friedrich Schulz
1787:LVI Panzer Corps
1738:on 20 January).
1531:Nikolai Berzarin
1491:Nikolai Simoniak
1353:Army Group North
1336:Fremde Heere Ost
1209:
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6698:Oksywie culture
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1912:Grosskampflinie
1908:Fremde Heer Ost
1843:Walther Nehring
1819:4th Panzer Army
1811:Walter Hartmann
1752:Festung Breslau
1744:
1742:Order of battle
1729:Colonel-General
1721:4th Panzer Army
1694:
1683:Pavel Kurochkin
1673:Ivan Korovnikov
1659:5th Guards Army
1599:3rd Guards Army
1537:8th Guards Army
1521:Semyon Bogdanov
1511:Mikhail Katukov
1477:1st Polish Army
1453:
1433:field artillery
1406:
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1391:Forces involved
1369:6th Panzer Army
1357:Courland Pocket
1355:trapped in the
1331:Reinhard Gehlen
1308:Warsaw uprising
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2435:Vasily Chuikov
2426:
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2393:Main article:
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2308:
2266:
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2029:
2026:
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1920:
1903:
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1875:Edgar Rohricht
1858:
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1791:Johannes Block
1743:
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1613:Nikolai Pukhov
1606:
1596:
1586:
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1564:
1554:
1544:
1541:Vasily Chuikov
1534:
1527:5th Shock Army
1524:
1514:
1504:
1494:
1487:3rd Shock Army
1484:
1474:
1452:
1449:
1441:anti-tank guns
1405:
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1392:
1389:
1371:, be moved to
1341:Heinz Guderian
1291:
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1181:
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1177:
1170:
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1054:East Pomerania
1051:
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848:East Pomerania
845:
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833:
828:
823:
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799:
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672:
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610:
609:
602:
595:
590:
583:
578:
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568:
561:
556:
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546:
541:
539:Toropets–Kholm
536:
529:
524:
518:
517:
513:
512:
507:
502:
497:
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483:
478:
473:
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388:
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377:
372:
366:
365:
361:
358:
357:
348:
347:
340:
333:
325:
317:
316:
311:
306:295,000 killed
296:
295:
291:
290:
287:
283:
282:
278:
277:
228:
186:
185:
181:
180:
157:
144:
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116:
102:
98:
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49:
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37:
36:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
6880:
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6808:
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6683:
6680:
6678:
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6672:Przekop Wisły
6670:
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6658:
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6599:Gdańsk Bridge
6597:
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6443:Vistula River
6437:
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6397:
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6319:Kuril Islands
6316:
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6309:
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6119:
6117:
6113:
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6106:
6101:
6097:
6096:
6094:
6090:
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6086:Syrmian Front
6083:
6080:
6076:
6073:
6069:
6066:
6062:
6059:
6058:
6053:
6050:
6049:
6044:
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6034:
6033:
6032:Market Garden
6028:
6025:
6021:
6018:
6014:
6011:
6007:
6004:
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5998:
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5991:
5988:
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5891:Monte Cassino
5888:
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5295:
5288:
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5275:
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5268:
5265:
5261:
5258:
5257:Baltic states
5254:
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5247:
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5233:
5230:
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4909:
4905:
4902:
4901:United States
4898:
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4889:
4888:
4886:
4882:
4881:
4877:
4874:
4870:
4869:
4867:
4865:
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4854:
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4837:Quốc dân Đảng
4834:
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4537:Liechtenstein
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4325:
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4322:
4321:United States
4318:
4313:
4309:
4308:
4306:
4302:
4299:
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4011:Comfort women
4008:
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4001:
3998:
3995: /
3994:
3990:
3987:
3984: /
3983:
3980: /
3979:
3975:
3972:
3971:Camp brothels
3968:
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3896:
3893:
3889:
3884:
3880:
3875:
3871:
3868:
3864:
3863:
3861:
3860:The Holocaust
3857:
3854:
3850:
3847:
3846:forced labour
3843:
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3840:
3836:
3831:
3827:
3824:
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3707:
3703:
3700:
3699:Marshall Plan
3696:
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3692:
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3680:
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3572:
3569:
3565:
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3562:
3558:
3553:
3552:Eastern Front
3549:
3546:
3545:Western Front
3542:
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3539:
3535:
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3526:
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3468:
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3439:Puppet states
3436:
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3413:
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3403:
3399:
3396:
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3389:
3385:
3382:
3381:Naval history
3378:
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3371:
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3364:
3361:
3357:
3352:
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3328:United States
3325:
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3040:
3038:
3037:0-275-95230-4
3034:
3030:
3026:
3022:
3016:
3012:
3008:
3007:Hastings, Max
3004:
3002:
3001:0-7006-0899-0
2998:
2994:
2990:
2988:
2987:0-415-22829-8
2984:
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2971:
2969:
2968:0-670-88695-5
2965:
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2948:0-7603-1240-0
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2868:
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2850:
2841:
2835:Duffy, p. 104
2832:
2826:Duffy, p. 103
2823:
2817:Beevor, p. 60
2814:
2805:
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2787:
2778:
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2696:91-89442-56-3
2692:
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2634:
2628:Ziemke, p. 23
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2465:
2464:
2458:
2456:
2452:
2451:Eastern Front
2448:
2444:
2438:
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167:Soviet Union
142:Belligerents
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40:Part of the
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6728:Pomeranians
6450:Tributaries
6124:Bodenplatte
6010:Gothic Line
5236:West Africa
4783:Philippines
4762:Netherlands
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4509:Afghanistan
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4328:Puerto Rico
4244:Philippines
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4169:Free France
3920:Prosecution
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3591:West Africa
3575:East Africa
3222:Conferences
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2348:Allied POWs
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2251:South Tyrol
2236:Flossenbürg
2144:Wolf's Lair
2086:Second Army
1763:Josef Harpe
1732:Josef Harpe
1451:Deployments
1375:to support
1304:bridgeheads
1260:Josef Harpe
1244:bridgeheads
1121:Ostra Brama
648:Gorky Blitz
643:3rd Kharkov
559:2nd Kharkov
461:1st Kharkov
456:Sea of Azov
217:Josef Harpe
128:Territorial
6807:Categories
6568:Sandomierz
6224:West Hunan
6057:Pointblank
5393:Silver Fox
5379:Summer War
5132:Winter War
5111:Phoney War
4892:Azerbaijan
4853:Yugoslavia
4748:Luxembourg
4590:Resistance
4337:Yugoslavia
4202:Luxembourg
4004:Sook Ching
3800:War crimes
3402:Technology
3395:Opposition
3337:Lend-Lease
3314:Australian
3307:Home front
3265:Blitzkrieg
3215:Casualties
3206:Commanders
3178:Operations
3053:. London:
3011:Armageddon
2491:References
2318:liberated
2316:8th Guards
2185:Volkssturm
2164:Bellinchen
1829:XLII Corps
1807:VIII Corps
1573:Ivan Konev
1422:Ivan Konev
1361:Baltic Sea
1333:, head of
1316:Sandomierz
1290:Background
1252:Ivan Konev
1160:Doppelkopf
1153:operations
1144:Schoenfeld
1097:operations
1037:Königsberg
1010:2nd Baltic
1000:Dukla Pass
978:Studzianki
945:operations
772:2nd Baltic
767:Dukla Pass
754:Doppelkopf
726:2nd Crimea
670:2nd Donbas
660:1st Donbas
637:Polar Star
587:Stalingrad
471:Sevastopol
466:1st Crimea
409:1st Baltic
393:Barbarossa
370:Baltic Sea
304:casualties
254:Ivan Konev
112:and other
6718:Vistulans
6553:Włocławek
6543:Bydgoszcz
6538:Grudziądz
6289:Manchuria
6175:Indochina
5951:Bagration
5402:Lithuania
5047:Anschluss
4844:Viet Minh
4741:Lithuania
4683:Hong Kong
4453:Manchukuo
4408:Azad Hind
4067:Australia
3867:Aftermath
3730:Paperclip
3625:Aftermath
3425:Total war
3293:Diplomacy
3256:In Europe
3055:BBC Books
3049:Auschwitz
2956:Beevor, A
2455:Wehrmacht
2425:Aftermath
2419:Wehrmacht
2402:fled west
2371:Holocaust
2363:liberated
2359:60th Army
2296:Pomerania
2238:and then
2190:Wehrmacht
2168:Pomerania
2050:Przysucha
1996:Sochaczew
1922:Offensive
1883:(General
1873:(General
1871:LIX Corps
1863:(General
1861:17th Army
1851:(General
1841:(General
1831:(General
1821:(General
1809:(General
1799:(General
1789:(General
1775:(General
1725:17th Army
1692:Wehrmacht
1679:60th Army
1669:59th Army
1649:52nd Army
1609:13th Army
1579:21st Army
1571:(Marshal
1557:33rd Army
1547:69th Army
1497:61st Army
1479:(General
1467:47th Army
1459:(Marshal
1414:Magnuszew
1284:Pomerania
1228:territory
1201:romanized
1151:Wehrmacht
1005:Gumbinnen
952:Bagration
797:Gumbinnen
742:Bagration
581:Sinyavino
565:Case Blue
450:Leningrad
375:Black Sea
6400:Category
6349:document
6259:document
6116:Ardennes
6100:Budapest
6048:Crossbow
5926:Overlord
5765:Smolensk
4983:Timeline
4818:Slovakia
4804:Thailand
4655:Ethiopia
4620:Bulgaria
4544:Portugal
4482:Thailand
4364:Bulgaria
4142:Eswatini
4135:Ethiopia
4088:Bulgaria
3913:Unit 731
3874:Response
3691:Keelhaul
3641:Cold War
3614:Americas
3605:timeline
3598:Atlantic
3478:Theaters
3045:(2005).
3009:(2004).
2973:Duffy, C
2613:Archived
2568:(2015).
2461:See also
2379:Stutthof
2267:—
2262:Kuestrin
2160:Bielinek
2062:Katowice
1983:Courland
1958:and the
1956:Radomsko
1881:XI Corps
1773:9th Army
1717:9th Army
1589:6th Army
1445:Katyusha
1443:, 2,198
1439:, 4,936
1404:Red Army
1327:materiel
1212:Red Army
1210:) was a
1174:Hannibal
1167:Solstice
990:Radzymin
963:Belostok
943:Red Army
842:Solstice
802:Budapest
792:Courland
782:Debrecen
777:Belgrade
699:2nd Kiev
571:Caucasus
544:Demyansk
505:Chechnya
439:1st Kiev
281:Strength
85:Location
6507:Wisłoka
6472:Dunajec
6326:Shumshu
6093:Hungary
6040:Estonia
6024:Lapland
6002:Dragoon
5935:Neptune
5917:Ichi-Go
5883:Tempest
5825:Changde
5780:Cottage
5672:Jubilee
5388:Finland
5286:Compass
4992:Prelude
4945:Finland
4831:Vietnam
4797:Romania
4669:Germany
4648:Estonia
4634:Denmark
4613:Belgium
4606:Austria
4599:Albania
4530:Ireland
4516:Andorra
4500:Neutral
4467:Romania
4401:Hungary
4386:Finland
4258:Romania
4150:Finland
4128:Denmark
4074:Belgium
4060:Algeria
3766:Romania
3752:Hungary
3508:Pacific
3232:General
3186:Leaders
3171:Battles
3164:Outline
2412:Outcome
2375:Płaszów
2340:Silesia
2283:Kienitz
2232:Gestapo
2224:Colonel
2194:Küstrin
2069:Steinau
2034:Breslau
1706:Baranów
1437:mortars
1373:Hungary
1278:to the
1276:Vistula
1218:in the
1203::
1192:Russian
1104:Tempest
1088:Breslau
1071:Silesia
1059:Kolberg
1047:Samland
973:Osovets
958:Vilnius
836:Breslau
831:Silesia
736:Karelia
688:Dnieper
554:Bamberg
495:Finland
444:Tallinn
302:626,000
155:Germany
130:changes
64:ISU-122
6723:Polans
6573:Kraków
6563:Warsaw
6528:Elbląg
6523:Gdańsk
6516:Cities
6502:Wieprz
6487:Pilica
6467:Drwęca
6303:Debate
6275:Taipei
6268:Borneo
5846:Tarawa
5040:Europe
5001:Africa
4790:Poland
4776:Norway
4755:Malaya
4734:Latvia
4676:Greece
4662:France
4558:Sweden
4523:Bhutan
4251:Poland
4237:Norway
4209:Mexico
4176:Greece
4162:France
4100:Canada
4081:Brazil
4051:Allies
3997:Serbia
3986:Poland
3759:Poland
3745:Baltic
3538:Europe
3240:Topics
3192:Allied
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2381:, and
2320:Lublin
2290:Stavka
2240:Dachau
2114:Poznań
2038:Kraków
2000:Pilica
1977:, the
1960:Warthe
1948:Kielce
1418:Puławy
1410:Warsaw
1298:, the
1240:Poznań
1236:Warsaw
1232:Kraków
1226:-held
1224:German
1137:Pęcice
1132:Warsaw
1064:Danzig
1020:Poznań
930:Poland
880:Prague
874:Berlin
863:Vienna
680:Lenino
522:Lyuban
487:Moscow
476:Rostov
434:Odessa
178:Poland
101:Result
90:Poland
6558:Płock
6548:Toruń
6533:Tczew
6477:Narew
6462:Bzura
6079:Leyte
5909:Narva
5895:Anzio
5853:Makin
5811:Burma
5695:Torch
5664:Rzhev
5625:Kiska
4711:Korea
4697:Japan
4690:Italy
4572:Tibet
4551:Spain
4429:Italy
4190:Italy
4183:India
4107:China
3982:Japan
3582:Italy
3494:China
3446:Women
3090:(PDF)
2685:[
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