campaign, notable, interwar and Second World War
Moravia–Ostrava offensive
Moravia–Ostrava offensive was a campaign fought in 1945 at Moravia, in what is now Czechia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Moravia. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Soviet victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1945 (year precision) to 1945 | |
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| Place | Moravia, Czechia 49.500N, 17.000E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Casualties and losses | 250,000 killed, wounded, or captured; 4,000 guns, 1,570 mortars, 1,087 tanks and assault guns, and 737 aircraft destroyed or captured; : Unknown | 23,960 killed; 88,660 wounded; : 1,528 killed or wounded |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Olomouc 1241, 21 km NE
- Siege of Olomouc 1758, 21 km NE
- Battle at Wischau 1805, 25 km S
- Battle of Kroměříže 1423, 36 km SE
- Battle of Domstadtl 1758, 42 km NE
In the same war
- Before: Bombing of Ljubljana in World War II 1945
- After: bombing of Swinemünde 1945
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1945
- atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan
- Battle of Iwo Jima Japan
- Battle of Okinawa Japan
- Soviet invasion of Manchuria China
- Soviet–Japanese War Russia
Moravia–Ostrava offensive is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 188 in present-day Czech Republic.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q557873, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Moravia–Ostrava offensive, revision 1372114758, 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.