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Lvov-Sandomir strategic offensive operation

Lvov-Sandomierz Strategic Offensive Operation
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
RKKA Lviv.jpg
Soviet Soldiers advancing in Lviv
Date 13 July 1944 – 29 August 1944
Location Western Ukraine/Eastern Poland
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
 Germany
 Hungary

Soviet Union Soviet Union
Poland Poland


Armia Krajowa (23-27 July)
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Josef Harpe (Army Group North Ukraine)
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Ferenc Farkas

Soviet Union Ivan Konev
(1st Ukrainian Front)

Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky
(1st Belorussian Front)
Strength
900,000 men
900 AFVs
6,300 guns
1,002,200 men
1,979 AFVs
11,265 guns
Casualties and losses
55,000 killed or missing
32,360 captured
136,860 overall
65,001 killed, missing or captured
224,295 wounded
289,296 overall
1,269 tanks and SP guns
289 aircraft

Soviet Union Soviet Union
Poland Poland

Soviet Union Ivan Konev
(1st Ukrainian Front)

The Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive or Lvov-Sandomierz Strategic Offensive Operation (Russian: Львовско-Сандомирская стратегическая наступательная операция) was a major Red Army operation to force the German troops from Ukraine and Eastern Poland. Launched in mid-July 1944, the Red Army achieved its set objectives by the end of August.


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