Siege of Breslau

Siege of Breslau
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II

German troops in Breslau on 2 February 1945
Date13 February – 6 May 1945 (2 months, and 24 days)
Location
Breslau, Nazi Germany, now Wrocław, Poland
51°07′N 17°02′E / 51.117°N 17.033°E / 51.117; 17.033
Result

Soviet victory

  • 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:
 Festung Breslau:
Strength
87,334 50,000
Casualties and losses

31,604

  • 7,177 – 13,000 killed
  • 24,427 – 33,000 wounded
 44,848 captured, including 6,678 – 12,000 hospitalised

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.

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