Battle of Poznań (1945)
| Battle of Poznań | |||||||
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| Part of Vistula–Oder offensive, Eastern Front (WWII) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Soviet Union Poland |
Germany Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mikhail Katukov Vasily Chuikov |
Ernst Mattern Ernst Gonell † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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1st Guards Tank Army 8th Guards Army |
Garrison of Poznań Fortress 9th Army Volkssturm Hungarian battalion | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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100,000 Soviet soldiers 5,000 Polish soldiers | 15,000 – 60,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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4,887 – 6,000 KIA 700 Polish killed Unknown wounded |
Unknown killed 17,150 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Poznań (Battle of Posen) during World War II in 1945 was an assault by the Soviet Union's Red Army that had as its objective the elimination of the Nazi German garrison in the stronghold city of Poznań (Posen) in occupied Poland. The defeat of the German garrison required a month-long reduction of fortified positions, urban combat, and a final assault on the city's citadel by the Red Army, complete with medieval touches.