Moravia–Ostrava offensive

The Moravia–Ostrava offensive operation (Russian: Моравско-Остравская наступательная операция) was an offensive by the Red Army during World War II that lasted from March 10 to May 6, 1945, and was the Soviet conquest of present-day Eastern Czech Republic (Moravia also part of Polish and Czech Silesia).

Moravia–Ostrava offensive
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date10 March – 6 May 1945
Location
Upper Silesia (Poland), Moravia, Czechoslovakia
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand Schörner
Gotthard Heinrici
Walther Nehring
Ivan Petrov
Andrey Yeryomenko
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