Table of Data Points

Tag : Soviet Union

1944-10-13Soviets capture Riga

Soviet troops capture the Latvian capital.

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1944-09-22Klooga Liberated

Soviet forces liberate Klooga concentration camp. Of the 2400 prisoners who had remained post-evacuation, only 85 were still alive when Soviet troops arrive.

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1944-08-201944-08-29Jassy Kishinev Offensive

The 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts of the Red Army engaged Army Group South Ukraine (combined German and Romanian formations). Defending troops were encircled and destroyed. Romania switched allegiance from Axis to the Soviet Union.

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1944-08-19Bagration Closes

The massive offensive by the 1st Baltic, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts resulted in the almost complete destruction of the German Army Group Centre. The operation "was the most calamitous defeat of all the German armed forces in World War II".

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1944-07-26Lviv Liberated

Lviv is liberated by Soviet troops. Of the 160,000 pre-war Jewish residents of Lviv, only 300 survive.

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1944-07-251944-08-10Tannenberg Line

After the Soviet offensive, German troops fell back to prepared defenses in the hills of Sinimaed. German troops held their ground and Stalin's main strategic goal, the quick recovery of Estonia, was not achieved.

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1944-06-291944-07-04Minsk Offensive

Soviet troops recapture Minsk from retreating German troops during Operation Bagration. The city had been captured by German Army Group Center in June 1941.

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1944-06-28Petrozavodsk Liberated

Soviet breakthrough the Finish defencive lines on the Karelian isthmus and capture Petrozavodsk.

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1944-06-251944-07-09Tali-Ihantala

Approximately 50,000 Finish troops successfully defend against 150,000 Soviet troops, convincing the Soviets that an invasion of Finland would be hard and allowing Finland to conclude the war with relatively favourable terms.

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1944-06-221944-08-19Operation Bagration

The 1st Baltic, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian fronts embark on an offensive to strike into the "strategic depths" of the German line, to reach the Vistula river and Warsaw and put the red army within striking distance Berlin.

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