Siege of Danzig (1945)

Siege of Danzig
Part of East Pomeranian offensive

Plaque commemorating the raising of the Polish flag by soldiers of the 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade on the Artus Court in 1945
Date15–30 March 1945
Location
Danzig (Gdańsk)
Result

Polish-Soviet victory

  • Mass deportation of Germans
  • Poland regains access to Danzig (Gdańsk)
Belligerents
 Germany

 Soviet Union

Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Dietrich von Saucken

Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky

Stanisław Wojcicki
Units involved
2nd Army (Wehrmacht) 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The siege of Danzig was the siege and capture of the city of Gdańsk by the Polish and Soviet armies from Nazi Germany in March 1945, during the final months of World War II.


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