![]() ![]() The Nazi regime considered Czechoslovakia and neighboring areas as their last bastion in the event that Berlin fell. The German remnant forces continued to resist the USSR 4th and 1st Ukrainian Fronts while only accepting an armistice on the Western Front. On, Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, ordered the German forces to avoid being captured by Russia and facilitate separate negotiation with Western Allies. However, in southeastern Germany, parts of Austria and Czechoslovakia, there were still large bodies of active German troops of Army Group Centre and the remnants of Army Group Ostmark. Germany's capital, Berlin, was on the verge of capitulation in the face of a massive Soviet attack and the great bulk of Germany had been conquered. Background Political and military developments īy the beginning of May 1945, Germany had been decisively defeated by the coalition of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. All of the German troops of Army Group Centre ( Heeresgruppe Mitte) and many of Army Group Ostmark (formerly known as Army Group South) were killed or captured, or fell into the hands of the Allies after the capitulation. The city of Prague was ultimately liberated by the USSR during the Prague offensive. The offensive was one of the last engagements of World War II in Europe and continued after Nazi Germany's unconditional capitulation on 8/9 May. ![]() Fought concurrently with the Prague uprising, the offensive significantly helped the liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945. The offensive was fought on the Eastern Front from 6 May to. The Prague offensive ( Russian: Пражская стратегическая наступательная операция, romanized: Prazhskaya strategicheskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya, lit.'Prague strategic offensive') was the last major military operation of World War II in Europe. ![]()
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