Table of Data Points

Tag : Soviet Union

1945-01-24Gleiwitz Captured

The Soviet 1st Ukrainian front captures Gleiwitz.

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1945-01-24Opole captured

The Soviet 1st Ukrainian front captures Opole.

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1945-01-20Hungary Armistice

Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.

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1945-01-201945-03-31East Prussia Evacuated

German authorities begin the evacuation of over 1.8 million civillian ethnic Germans from East Prussia.

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1945-01-19Lodz Ghetto

Soviet troops liberate the Lodz Ghetto (the second largest ghetto in occupied Poland). Of the 200,000 pre-war Jewish inhabitants, only 900 had survived Nazi occupation.

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1945-01-17Auschwitz Abandonned

Nazi forces evacuate Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in. The SS command sent orders calling for the execution of all prisoners remaining in the camp, but in the chaos of the Nazi retreat the order was never carried out.

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1945-01-17Warsaw Liberated

Soviet troops entered the ruins of the city of Warsaw, and liberated Warsaw's suburbs from German occupation.

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1944-12-291945-02-13Siege of Budapest

One of the bloodiest sieges of the war. German and Hungarian troops defended the city for a month and a half, against attacks by elements of Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian Front, before they unconditionally surrendered.

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1944-11-27Soviets capture Mohacs

Soviet forces break through German-Hungarian lines to capture Mohacs in Hungary.

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1944-10-20Belgrade Liberated

The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia.

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