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Battle of Bautzen (1945)

Index Battle of Bautzen (1945)

The Battle of Bautzen (or Battle of Budziszyn, April 1945) was one of the last battles of the Eastern Front during World War II. [1]

76 relations: Adolf Hitler, Aleksander Waszkiewicz, Army Group Centre, Battle of Bautzen, Battle of Berlin, Battle of Halbe, Battle of the Bzura, Bautzen, Brandenburgers, Crostwitz, Doberschütz, Dresden, Eastern Front (World War II), Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier Division 2 Hermann Göring, Ferdinand Schörner, Fritz-Hubert Gräser, Görlitz, German Instrument of Surrender, Großdubrau, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Historiography, Hitler Youth, Horka, Saxony, Hoyerswerda, Ivan Konev, Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Kamenz, Karol Świerczewski, Königswartha, Kreba-Neudorf, Lohsa, Lusatian Neisse, Mikhail Puteiko, Military hospital, Muskau Park, Niesky, NKVD, Panschwitz-Kuckau, Polish Land Forces, Polish People's Republic, Prague, Reichenbach (Oberlausitz), Revolutions of 1989, Schwarzer Schöps, Second Army (Poland), Spree, Spremberg, Uhyst, Urban warfare, Volkssturm, ..., War crimes of the Wehrmacht, Weißenberg, Weißer Schöps, Wilhelm Schmalz, World War II, Zbigniew Wawer, 10th Infantry Division (Poland), 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg, 17th Army (Wehrmacht), 17th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 1st Armoured Corps (Poland), 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring, 1st Ukrainian Front, 20th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 2nd Air Army, 4th Guards Tank Division, 4th Panzer Army, 52nd Army (Soviet Union), 5th Guards Army, 5th Guards Tank Army, 5th Infantry Division (Poland), 7th Infantry Division (Poland), 7th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union), 8th Infantry Division (Poland), 9th Army (Wehrmacht), 9th Infantry Division (Poland). Expand index (26 more) »

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician, demagogue, and revolutionary, who was the leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

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Aleksander Waszkiewicz

Major General Aleksander Waszkiewicz (Александр Вашкевич, often transliterated as Vashkevich; 1901–1945) was a Soviet military officer of Polish descent.

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Army Group Centre

Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte) was the name of two distinct German strategic army groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Battle of Bautzen

In the Battle of Bautzen (20–21 May 1813) a combined Russian–Prussian army was pushed back by Napoleon I of France but escaped destruction, some sources claiming that Michel Ney failed to block their retreat.

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Battle of Berlin

The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II.

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Battle of Halbe

The Battle of Halbe (Kessel von Halbe, Хальбский котёл, Halbe pocket) from April 24 – May 1, 1945 was a battle in which the German Ninth Army, under the command of General Theodor Busse, was destroyed as a fighting force by the Red Army during the Battle for Berlin.

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Battle of the Bzura

The Battle of the Bzura (or the Battle of Kutno) was the largestThe Second World War: An Illustrated History, Putnam, 1975,, battle of the 1939 German invasion of Poland, fought between 9 and 19 SeptemberSources vary regarding the end date, some giving 18 September while others 19 September.

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Bautzen

Bautzen (Upper Sorbian: Budyšin; Lower Sorbian: Budyšyn, Budyšín, Budziszyn) is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district.

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Brandenburgers

The Brandenburgers (Brandenburger) were members of the Brandenburg German special forces unit during World War II.

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Crostwitz

Crostwitz, in Sorbian Chrósćicy, is a village and municipality in the center of the German district of Bautzen in Saxony.

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Doberschütz

Doberschütz is a municipality in the district of Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

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Dresden

Dresden (Upper and Lower Sorbian: Drježdźany, Drážďany, Drezno) is the capital city and, after Leipzig, the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany.

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Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.

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Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier Division 2 Hermann Göring

Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Division 2 "Hermann Göring" was formed on 24 September 1944 in the area of Radom.

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Ferdinand Schörner

Ferdinand Schörner (12 June 1892 – 2 July 1973) was a general and later Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Fritz-Hubert Gräser

Fritz-Hubert Gräser (3 January 1888 – 4 November 1960) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany.

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Görlitz

Görlitz (Upper Lusatian dialect: Gerlz, Gerltz, and Gerltsch, Zgorzelec, Zhorjelc, Zgórjelc, Zhořelec) is a town in the German federal state of Saxony.

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German Instrument of Surrender

The German Instrument of Surrender ended World War II in Europe.

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Großdubrau

Großdubrau is a municipality in eastern Saxony, Germany.

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Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski

Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (2 January 1899 – 19 September 1966) was a Gold Medal winning Olympic equestrian and German general during World War II.

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Historiography

Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject.

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Hitler Youth

The Hitler Youth (German:, often abbreviated as HJ in German) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany.

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Horka, Saxony

Horka is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.

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Hoyerswerda

Hoyerswerda (Wojerecy) is a major district town in the district of Bautzen in the German state of Saxony.

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Ivan Konev

Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев; – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet military commander who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, retook much of Eastern Europe from occupation by the Axis Powers, and helped in the capture of Germany's capital, Berlin.

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Ivan Yefimovich Petrov

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Иван Ефимович Петров; September 18, 1896 – April 7, 1958) was a Soviet Army General from 1941.

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Kamenz

Kamenz (Kamjenc) is a town (Große Kreisstadt) in the district of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany.

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Karol Świerczewski

Karol Wacław Świerczewski (callsign Walter; 22 February 1897 – 28 March 1947) was an ethnic Pole serving as the Red Army general.

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Königswartha

Königswartha, in Sorbian Rakecy, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.

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Kreba-Neudorf

Kreba-Neudorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.

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Lohsa

Lohsa (Sorbian: Łaz) is a municipality (German: Einheitsgemeinde) in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany.

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Lusatian Neisse

The Lusatian Neisse (Lužická Nisa; Lausitzer Neiße; Nysa Łużycka; Upper Sorbian: Łužiska Nysa; Lower Sorbian: Łužyska Nysa), or Western Neisse, is a long river in Central Europe.

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Mikhail Puteiko

Mikhail Konstantinovich Puteiko (1913 - 21 April 1945) was a Soviet general who was killed in action during the Second World War.

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Military hospital

A military hospital is a hospital that is owned and operated by the armed forces.

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Muskau Park

Muskau Park (Muskauer Park, officially: Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau; Park Mużakowski) is a landscape park in the Upper Lusatia region of Germany and Poland.

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Niesky

Niesky (-German, Sorbian/Polish: Niska) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

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NKVD

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Народный комиссариат внутренних дел, Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del), abbreviated NKVD (НКВД), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.

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Panschwitz-Kuckau

Panschwitz-Kuckau, in Sorbian Pančicy-Kukow, is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany.

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Polish Land Forces

The Land Forces (Wojska Lądowe) are a military branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland.

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Polish People's Republic

The Polish People's Republic (Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) covers the history of contemporary Poland between 1952 and 1990 under the Soviet-backed socialist government established after the Red Army's release of its territory from German occupation in World War II.

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Prague

Prague (Praha, Prag) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and also the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Reichenbach (Oberlausitz)

Reichenbach/O.L. (full German name: Reichenbach/Oberlausitz, Sorbian: Rychbach) is a town in the Görlitz district, in eastern Saxony, Germany.

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Revolutions of 1989

The Revolutions of 1989 formed part of a revolutionary wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.

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Schwarzer Schöps

Schwarzer Schöps is a river of Saxony, Germany.

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Second Army (Poland)

The Polish Second Army (Druga Armia Wojska Polskiego, 2. AWP for short) was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944 as part of the People's Army of Poland.

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Spree

The Spree (Sprjewja, Spréva) is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic.

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Spremberg

Spremberg (Grodk) is a district near the Saxon city of Hoyerswerda and is in the Spree-Neiße district of Brandenburg, Germany.

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Uhyst

Uhyst (Upper Sorbian Delni Wujězd) was a municipality in the district Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saxony, Germany.

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Urban warfare

Urban warfare is combat conducted in urban areas such as towns and cities.

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Volkssturm

The Volkssturm ("people's storm") was a national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II.

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War crimes of the Wehrmacht

War crimes of the Wehrmacht were those carried out by the German combined armed forces (''Wehrmacht Heer'', Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe) during World War II.

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Weißenberg

Weißenberg (Wóspork) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

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Weißer Schöps

The Weißer Schöps is a river of Saxony, Germany.

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Wilhelm Schmalz

Wilhelm Schmalz (1 March 1901 – 14 March 1983) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zbigniew Wawer

Zbigniew Wawer is a Polish historian, specializing in Polish military history in World War II.

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10th Infantry Division (Poland)

10th Infantry Division (10. Dywizja Piechoty) was a unit of the Polish Army during the interbellum period, which took part in the 1939 German Invasion of Poland.

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10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" (10.) was a German Waffen SS armoured division during World War II.

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17th Army (Wehrmacht)

The German Seventeenth Army (German: 17. Armee) was a World War II field army.

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17th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 17th Infantry Division was an infantry division of Nazi Germany, active before and during World War II.

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1st Armoured Corps (Poland)

The 1st Armoured Corps (1 Korpus Pancerny) was an armoured formation of the Polish People's Army during 1944 - 1945.

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1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring

The Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1.

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1st Ukrainian Front

The 1st Ukrainian Front (Russian: Пéрвый Укрáинский фронт; Пе́рший Украї́нський фронт Péršyj Ukraḯns’kyj front) was a front—a force the size of a Western Army group—of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.

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20th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

The 20th Panzer Division (20th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II.

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2nd Air Army

The 2nd Air Army (2 VA) was a formation of the Aviation of the Red Army (Soviet Air Force) as part of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Second World War.

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4th Guards Tank Division

The 4th Guards “Kantemirovskaya” Tank Division (Cyrillic: 4-я гвардейская танковая Кантемировская дивизия, Gvardeiskaya Tankovaya Kantemirovskaya Divisiya), commonly known as the Kantemirovskaya Division or Kantemir Division, is an elite Guards armoured division of the Russian Ground Forces.

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4th Panzer Army

The 4th Panzer Army (German: 4. Panzerarmee) was, before being designated a full army, the Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4), a German panzer army during World War II.

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52nd Army (Soviet Union)

The 52nd Army was a field army of the Red Army of the Soviet Union in World War II, formed twice.

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5th Guards Army

The 5th Guards Army was a Soviet Guards formation which fought in many critical actions during World War II under the command of General Aleksey Semenovich Zhadov.

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5th Guards Tank Army

The 5th Guards Tank Army (Russian: 5-я гварде́йская та́нковая а́рмия) was a Soviet Guards armored formation which fought in many notable actions during World War II.

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5th Infantry Division (Poland)

5th Lwów Infantry Division (Polish: 5 Lwowska Dywizja Piechoty) was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, with headquarters stationed in Lwów.

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7th Infantry Division (Poland)

The 7th Infantry Division (7 DP) was the name of several units of the Polish Army.

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7th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)

The 7th Mechanized Corps was a mechanized corps of the Red Army, formed three times.

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8th Infantry Division (Poland)

The 8th Infantry Division was a tactical unit of the Polish Army.

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9th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 9th Army (9.) was a World War II field army.

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9th Infantry Division (Poland)

The 9th Infantry Division (9 Dywizja Piechoty) was a unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bautzen_(1945)

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