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Gumbinnen Operation
1944 Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the battle in the same area during World War I, see Battle of Gumbinnen.
The Gumbinnen Operation,[3] also known as the Goldap Operation (or Goldap-Gumbinnen Operation, Russian: Гумбиннен-Гольдапская наступательная операция), was a Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front late in 1944, in which forces of the 3rd Belorussian Front attempted to penetrate the borders of East Prussia.
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Part of Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
![]() German Panther tank in Goldap, November 1944 | |||||||
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318 tanks, assault guns and tank destroyers[1] | 377,300 men[2] | ||||||
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16,236 men[2]
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79,527 men[2]
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