campaign, major, interwar and Second World War
Prague offensive
Prague offensive was a campaign fought in 1945 at Prague, in what is now Czech Republic. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Prague. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Allied victory; End of World War II in Europe. Recorded strength: Army Group Centre: 600,000–650,000; Army Group Ostmark: 430,000; 9,370 against 1,770,700; 139,500; 69,500; 48,400; 18,000.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1945 (year precision) to 1945 | |
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| Place | Prague, Czech Republic 50.087N, 14.421E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | Army Group Centre: 600,000–650,000; Army Group Ostmark: 430,000; 9,370 | 1,770,700; 139,500; 69,500; 48,400; 18,000 |
| Casualties and losses | Some 860,000 captured; remainder killed, missing in action, or fled | 49,348; 1,730; 887; 533; 300 |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Prague 1757, 0.6 km SW
- Siege of Prague 1742, 0.6 km SW
- Battle of Prague 1648, 0.7 km W
- Fight at the Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral 1942, 1.3 km S
- Battle for Czechoslovak Radio 1968, 1.3 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Bratislava-Brno Offensive 1945
- After: Battle of Kuryłówka 7 May 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
Prague 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 Q157445, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Prague offensive, revision 1380694404, 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.