Battle of Memel
October 5, 1944 – January 28, 1945 · Klaipėda
Result Soviet victory
Soviet forces drove German troops in the Baltic into a bridgehead around the port of Memel and besieged it for months. The pocket was crushed in the larger Soviet offensive into East Prussia.
Axis powers
Allies of World War II
Units
1st Baltic Front
4th Shock Army
115th Rifle Division
119th Guards Rifle Division
145th Rifle Division
156th Rifle Division
166th Rifle Division
179th Rifle Division
182nd Rifle Division
19th Guards Rifle Division
204th Rifle Division
235th Rifle Division
239th Rifle Division
332nd Rifle Division
33rd Guards Rifle Division
347th Rifle Division
417th Rifle Division
67th Guards Rifle Division
70th Rifle Division
71st Guards Rifle Division
7th Guards Rifle Division
91st Guards Rifle Division
9th Guards Rifle Division
1st Air Army