Lublin–Brest offensive
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The Lublin–Brest Offensive (Russian: Люблин‐Брестская наступательная операция, romanized: Lyublin-Brestskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya, 18 July – 2 August 1944) was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the regions of Eastern Poland and Western Belarus. The offensive was executed by the left (southern) wing of the 1st Belorussian Front and took place during July 1944; it was opposed by the German Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group Centre.
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Lublin–Brest Offensive | |||||||
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Part of Operation Bagration and the Eastern Front of WWII | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany |
Soviet Union Poland | ||||||
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Josef Harpe Georg Hans Reinhardt | Konstantin Rokossovsky | ||||||
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Army Group North Ukraine Army Group Centre | 1st Belorussian Front |
The operation was accompanied by several other offensives, particularly the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive of the 1st Ukrainian Front in the south; both offensives launched weeks after the start of the successful Operation Bagration to the north which cleared German forces from most of Belarus.
After reaching its target objectives, the offensive momentum carried on as the Soviet forces advanced on Warsaw during August (2 August – 30 September 1944); however Soviet forces did not aid the Polish Warsaw uprising, which is a matter of some controversy.