Belgrade offensive

September 15 – November 24, 1944 · Belgrade

Result Allied victory

Soviet and Yugoslav Partisan forces drove the Germans out of Belgrade. The capture of the city opened the way for the Partisans to take control of Yugoslavia.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies of World War II

Axis powers

Soviet Union

Bulgaria

Yugoslav Partisans

Axis powers

Germany

Government of National Salvation

Josip Broz Tito military commander

Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin military commander

Vladimir Stoychev military commander

Nikolai Alexandrovich Gagen military commander

Maximilian von Weichs military commander

Alexander Löhr military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 580,000
Aircraft: 1,420
Ships: 80
Guns: 3,640

Strength: 150,000
Casualties: 25,000
Aircraft: 350
Ships: 70
Guns: 2,100

Units

57th Army (Soviet Union) First Army (Bulgaria) Fourth Army (Bulgaria) Second Army (Bulgaria) 12th Corps (Yugoslav Partisans) 369th Croatian Reinforced Infantry Regiment 1st Corps (Yugoslav Partisans) 109th Guards Rifle Division 113th Rifle Division 223rd Rifle Division 233rd Rifle Division 236th Rifle Division 259th Rifle Division 73rd Guards Rifle Division 93rd Rifle Division (1942–1946)

Army Group F Panzer Group 2 Serbian State Guard Russian Protective Corps Serbian Volunteer Corps (World War II) 118th Jäger Division 181st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division