battle, major, interwar and Second World War
Belgrade offensive
Belgrade offensive was a battle fought in 1944 at Belgrade, in what is now Serbia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Belgrade. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) to 1944 | |
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| Place | Belgrade, Serbia 44.818N, 20.457E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 580,000 troops; 3,640 artillery pieces; 520 tanks and assault guns; 1,420 aircraft; 80 ships | 150,000 troops; (mostly 2nd tier infantry & non-German support troops); 2,100 artillery pieces; 125 tanks and assault guns; 350 aircraft; 70 ships |
| Casualties and losses | Soviets: 4,350 killed and missing; 14,488 wounded or sick; 18,838 overall; Bulgarian Army: Over 3,000 killed; Yugoslav Partisans: 2,953 dead; (assault on Belgrade only) | 25,000 casualties; (15,000 dead) |
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The ground today


The recorded site stands at about 134 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 59 to 260 m, 201 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 49% built-up, 26% tree cover, 18% water.
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.Nearest engagements
- Bombing of Belgrade in 1941 1941, same recorded site
- Allied bombing of Belgrade (1944) 1944, same recorded site
- Fall of Belgrade (1915) 1915, same recorded site
- Bombardment of Belgrade 1914, 0.5 km NE
- Siege of Belgrade 1456, 0.8 km E
In the same war
- Before: Liberation of Strasbourg 23 November 1944
- After: Baltic Offensive 1944
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines
- Battle of the Philippine Sea Japan
- Battle of Peleliu Palau
- Operation Ichi-Go China
- Battle of Saipan United States
Belgrade offensive is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 115 in present-day Serbia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q328357, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Belgrade offensive, revision 1383217851, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.