Contemporary era · 1945

Siege of Breslau

The siege of Breslau, also known as the battle of Breslau, was a three-month-long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), lasting to the end of World War II in Europe. From 13 February 1945 to 6 May 1945, German troops in Breslau were besieged by the Soviet forces which encircled the city as part of the Lower Silesian Offensive Operation.

Siege of Breslau
Siege of Breslau · Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
23 Jan 1945 – 6 May 1945
Where
Wrocław
Era
Contemporary

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