Lublin–Brest offensive

Lublin–Brest Offensive
	Part of Operation Bagration and the Eastern Front of WWII
Date	18 July – 2 August 1944 (primary operation); 30 September 1944 (secondary operation)
Location	Eastern Poland and Western Belarus
Result	Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union; Poland
Commanders and leaders
Josef Harpe; Georg Hans Reinhardt	Konstantin Rokossovsky
Units involved
Army Group North Ukraine; Army Group Centre	1st Belorussian Front

The Lublin–Brest Offensive (Russian: Люблин‐Брестская наступательная операция, 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.

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.

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