East Pomeranian offensive

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East Pomeranian Offensive East Pomeranian strategic offensive operation
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet troops manning two M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage (MGMC) self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles (half-tracks) in Danzig, March 1945.
Date 24 February – 4 April 1945 Location Pomerania, Danzig-West Prussia inside Germany Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union Poland
Commanders and leaders
Walter Weiß Dietrich von Saucken (2nd Army)	Konstantin Rokossovsky (2nd Belorussian Front)
Strength
unknown	996,100[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	234,360 55,315 killed or missing 179,045 wounded[1] Materiel destroyed or captured 1,027 tanks and self-propelled guns[2] 1,005 guns and mortars[2] 1,073 aircraft[2]

The East Pomeranian strategic offensive operation (Russian: Восточно-Померанская наступательная операция) was an offensive by the Soviet Red Army against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. It took place in Pomerania and West Prussia from 10 February – 4 April 1945.

The operation happened in four phases:

Konitz-Köslin offensive operation 24 February – 6 March 1945

Danzig offensive operation 7–31 March 1945

Arnswalde–Kolberg offensive operation 1–18 March 1945

Altdamm offensive operation 18 March – 4 April 1945 (near Stettin)

It was the East Pomeranian offensive that prevented Zhukov from reaching Berlin in February (the object of the massive Vistula–Oder offensive), since it became a priority to clear German forces from Pomerania first.