Moravia–Ostrava offensive
| Moravia–Ostrava 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 Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ferdinand Schörner Gotthard Heinrici Walther Nehring |
Ivan Petrov Andrey Yeryomenko | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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: 250,000 killed, wounded, or captured 4,000 guns, 1,570 mortars, 1,087 tanks and assault guns, and 737 aircraft destroyed or captured : Unknown |
: 23,960 killed 88,660 wounded : 1,528 killed or wounded | ||||||
The Moravia–Ostrava offensive operation (Russian: Моравско-Остравская наступательная операция) was an offensive by the Red Army during World War II that lasted from March 10 to May 6, 1945, and was the Soviet conquest of present-day Eastern Czech Republic (Moravia also part of Polish and Czech Silesia).