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Siege of Breslau | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
German troops in Breslau on 2 February 1945 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Soviet Union | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
6th Army: | Festung Breslau: | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
87,334 | 50,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
31,604[1] | 44,848 captured, including 6,678[1] - 12.000 hospitalised [4] |
The siege of Breslau, also known as the Battle of Breslau, was a three-month-long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), lasting to the end of World War II in Europe. From 13 February 1945 to 6 May 1945, German troops in Breslau were besieged by the Soviet forces which encircled the city as part of the Lower Silesian Offensive Operation. The German garrison's surrender on 6 May was followed by the surrender of all German forces two days after the battle.
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