Eastern European Front 1944 -1945

Lviv Offensive Operation

Jul 13, 1944

this even lead to the destruction of Army Group Centre

Fall 1944

Sep 8, 1944

Red Army began an attack on the Dukla Pass on the Slovak-Polish border

Warsaw

Jan 1, 1945

Soviet Union entered Warsaw

Renaming Army groups

Jan 1, 1945

Hilter renamed 3 army groups: Army Group Courland, Army Group North, Army Group Centre

Operation Konrad

Feb 13, 1945

to relieve the encircled garrison at Budapest failed and the city fell.

Lake Balaton

Mar 6, 1945

German forces failed to stop the Soviet forces in Lake Balaton offensive

Austria

Mar 30, 1945

Red Army entered Austria

Vienna

Mar 30, 1945

Vienna was captured by the Red Army

Surrender

May 2, 1945

After much loss of life, German forces surrender to Soviet solders in Berlin.

End of War

May 9, 1945

Soviet Union considered the end of the war to be May 9th... known as Victory Day.