Back هجوم فيينا Arabic Vyanaya hücum əməliyyatı Azerbaijani ویانا دؤیوشو (۱۹۴۵) AZB Венская аперацыя Byelorussian Виенска операция Bulgarian Ofensiva de Viena Catalan Vídeňská operace Czech Wienoffensiven Danish Wiener Operation German Viena Ofensivo Esperanto
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| Vienna offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
 Soviet troops on Studebaker US6 trucks during the Vienna offensive; "Vienna" is written in Russian on a signpost | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Germany Hungary |
 Soviet Union Bulgaria Austrian resistance | ||||||
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Rudolf von Bünau |
Fyodor Tolbukhin Vladimir Stoychev | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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16 March:[1] 25 divisions 270,000 men 772 tanks and assault guns 957 armored personnel carriers 434 guns |
16 March:[1] 77 divisions 1,171,800 men 1,600 tanks and assault guns 5,425 guns | ||||||
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16 March – 15 April: ~30,000 killed 125,000 captured[2] 1,345 tanks and assault guns lost[3][a] 2,250 guns and mortars lost[3] |
16 March – 15 April: 167,940 overall (including 135,000 combat casualties) 38,661+ killed 129,279 wounded or sick 603 tanks and assault guns lost[3] 764 guns and mortars lost[3][5][b] | ||||||
The Vienna offensive was an offensive launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria, during World War II. The offensive lasted from 16 March to 15 April 1945.[6] After several days of street-to-street fighting, the Soviet troops captured the city.
- ^ a b Frieser et al. 2007, p. 943.
- ^ Tucker-Jones, Anthony (2016). The Battle for Budapest. Pen & Sword Books Limited. ISBN 978-1473877320.
- ^ a b c d Frieser et al. 2007, p. 953.
- ^ Frieser et al. 2007, p. 952.
- ^ "Россия и СССР в войнах XX века - Потери вооруженных сил". www.soldat.ru. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ Reisner, Markus (2020). Die Schlacht Um Wien 1945. EU: Karl Verlag. ISBN 978-3-99024-898-0.
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