Vistula-Oder Offensive
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Was a Soviet offensive were German-held territories of Kraków, Warsaw and Poznań were conquered.
Chronology
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January 1945: The Soviet 69th Army ruptured the last lines of defence and took Radom.
January 1945: The Soviet First Ukrainian Front takes Kielce.
January 1945: First White Russian Front overruns Warsaw, capital of Poland.
January 1945: First Ukrainian Front seizes and Cracow.
January 1945: First White Russian Front takes Łódź.
January 1945: The Red Army reached the Baltic coast of the Vistula delta.
January 1945: The Red Army reached Katowice.
January 1945: The Soviet 2nd Guards Tank and 5th Shock Armies reached the Oder almost unopposed. A unit of the 5th Shock Army crossed the river ice and took the town of Kienitz as early as 31 January.
Selected Sources
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.375
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.377
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.378
