✦ History

Baltic offensive

September 14 – November 24, 1944

Result Soviet victory

The Red Army attacked German forces in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It retook most of the Baltic states and cut off German Army Group North in Courland.

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Battles 2

September 14 – October 24, 1944
Riga offensive (1944) Soviet victory Latvia Ferdinand Schörner, Ivan Bagramyan, Andrey Yeryomenko
September 17–26, 1944
Tallinn offensive Soviet victory Estonia Ferdinand Schörner, Leonid Govorov

Key commanders

Nazi Germany 3

Walter Model military commander Johannes Frießner military commander Ferdinand Schörner military commander

Soviet Union 3

Ivan Bagramyan military commander Leonid Govorov military commander Andrey Yeryomenko military commander

Germany 1

Ferdinand Schörner military commander