Bratislava-Brno Offensive | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Nazi Germany Hungary |
Czechoslovakia | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Ferdinand Schörner |
Rodion Malinovsky | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Army Group South (renamed Army Group Ostmark) Army Group Centre |
2nd Ukrainian Front | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown | 16,933 killed |
Ferdinand Schörner
Lothar Rendulic
The Bratislava–Brno Offensive was an offensive conducted by the Red Army in western Slovakia and south Moravia towards the end of World War II. The offensive was held between 25 March and 5 May 1945 using the forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front to capture the capital of Slovakia Bratislava and capital of Moravia Brno.