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Bratislava–Brno Offensive

Bratislava-Brno Offensive
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Date 25 March – 5 May 1945
Location Czechoslovakia
Result Soviet-Romanian victory
Territorial
changes
Slovakia and Moravia became part of Czechoslovakia again
Belligerents
 Nazi Germany
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Hungary

 Soviet Union
 Romania

 Czechoslovakia
Commanders and leaders

Nazi Germany Ferdinand Schörner
Nazi Germany Lothar Rendulic

Nazi Germany Otto Wöhler
Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky
Units involved
Army Group South (renamed Army Group Ostmark)
Army Group Centre
2nd Ukrainian Front
Casualties and losses
Unknown 16,933 killed

 Soviet Union
 Romania

Nazi Germany Ferdinand Schörner
Nazi Germany 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.


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