East Prussian Offensive
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Was a strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army against the German Wehrmacht in East Prussia during World War II.
Chronology
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January 1945: Second White Russian Front seizes Allenstein and Deutsch-Eylau.
March 1945: Some 15 divisions of the German 4th Army had become encircled on the shore of the Vistula Lagoon in what became known as the Heiligenbeil Pocket. After bitter fighting, these units were finally overcome on 29 March.
April 1945: Organized resistance in East Prussia ends as Königsberg fortress falls to troops of Third White Russian Front
April 1945: In East Prussia, troops of Third White Russian Front overrun Pillau, at tip of Samland Peninsula.
January 1945: Rokossovsky's leading tank units had reached the shore of the Vistula Lagoon.
Selected Sources
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 483
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 516
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.381
