Vienna offensive

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Vienna offensive
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet troops on Studebaker US6 trucks during the Vienna offensive
Date 16 March –15 April 1945 (4 weeks and 2 days) Location Vienna, Austria, Nazi Germany Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Germany Hungary	Soviet Union  Bulgaria Austrian resistance
Commanders and leaders
Rudolf von Bünau	Fyodor Tolbukhin Vladimir Stoychev
Strength
16 March:[1] 25 divisions 270,000 men 772 tanks and assault guns 957 armored personnel carriers 434 guns	16 March:[1] 77 divisions 1,171,800 men 1,600 tanks and assault guns 5,425 guns
Casualties and losses
16 March – 15 April: ~30,000 killed 125,000 captured[2] 1,345 tanks and assault guns lost[3][a] 2,250 guns and mortars lost[3]	16 March – 15 April: 167,940 overall (including 135,000 combat casualties) 38,661+ killed 129,279 wounded or sick 603 tanks and assault guns lost[3] 764 guns and mortars lost[3][5][b]

The Vienna offensive was an offensive launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria, during World War II. The offensive lasted from 16 March to 15 April 1945.^[6] After several days of street-to-street fighting, the Soviet troops captured the city.

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