Bratislava–Brno offensive
| Bratislava-Brno offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of The Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Germany Hungary |
Soviet Union Romania Czechoslovakia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Otto Wöhler Lothar Rendulic Ferdinand Schörner Hans Kreysing W. Schmidt-Hammer Kurt Röpke Kurt Versock Ulrich Kleemann Walther Nehring |
Rodion Malinovsky Andrei Kravchenko Mikhail Shumilov Filipp Zhmachenko Ivan Managarov Issa Pliyev Vasile Atanasiu Nicolae Dăscălescu | ||||||||
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Army Group South Army Group Centre | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 16,933 killed | ||||||||
The Bratislava–Brno offensive was an offensive conducted by the Red Army in western Slovak Republic 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 the capital of Moravia, Brno.