1945 siege of the German city of Breslau during World War II
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Unconditional surrender of the city Breslau garrison on 6 May, followed by the unconditional surrender of all German forces two days after (see end of World War II in Europe)
Belligerents
Soviet Union
Germany
Commanders and leaders
6th Army:
Vladimir Gluzdovsky
Festung Breslau:
Hans von Ahlfen
Hermann Niehoff
Strength
87,334
50,000
Casualties and losses
31,604[1]
7,177[1] - 13,000 [2] killed
24,427[1] - 33,000 wounded [3]
44,848 captured, including 6,678[1] - 12.000 hospitalised [4]
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Soviet 6th Army[5] (1 March 1945)
Parent unit
1st Ukrainian Front
Components
22nd Rifle Corps • 218th Rifle Division • 273rd Rifle Division • 309th Rifle Division 74th Rifle Corps • 181st Rifle Division 294th Rifle Division 359th Rifle Division 31st Artillery Division 159th Gun-Artillery Brigade Two antitank regiments One mortar regiment One anti-aircraft regiment One heavy assault gun regiment 62nd Engineer-Sapper Brigade 77th Fortified Region
Fortress Breslau[6] (February 1945)
Parent unit
17th Army
Components
408th Division 609th Division Two parachute battalions "Breslau" Artillery Regiment Two anti-aircraft artillery battalions One antitank battalion Five engineer battalions 38 Volkssturm Battalions Three signal battalions
The siege of Breslau, also known as the Battle of Breslau, was a three-month-long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), lasting to the end of World War II in Europe. From 13 February 1945 to 6 May 1945, German troops in Breslau were besieged by the Soviet forces which encircled the city as part of the Lower Silesian Offensive Operation. The German garrison's surrender on 6 May was followed by the surrender of all German forces two days after the battle.
^ abcdIsaev 2021, p. 185.
^Andreas R. Hofmann: Die Nachkriegszeit in Schlesien. Böhlau, 2000. S. 18.
^Andreas R. Hofmann: Die Nachkriegszeit in Schlesien. Böhlau, 2000. S. 18.
^Andreas R. Hofmann: Die Nachkriegszeit in Schlesien. Böhlau, 2000. S. 18.
^Soviet General Staff Official Order of Battle for 1 March 1945
^Georg Tessin, Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939 - 1945, Vol. 14, pp. 24-25, Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag, 1980
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