Bratislava–Brno offensive

May 5, 1945 · Slovak Republic, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Result Soviet victory

The 2nd Ukrainian Front attacked German forces in western Slovakia and southern Moravia. It captured Bratislava and Brno in the closing weeks of the war in Europe.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis powers

Allies of World War II

Germany

Soviet Union

Kingdom of Romania

Ferdinand Schörner military commander

Lothar Rendulic military commander

Walther Nehring military commander

Otto Wöhler military commander

Rodion Malinovsky military commander

Issa Pliyev military commander

Strength and losses

Killed: 16,933

Units

Army Group Centre Army Group South XXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 357th Infantry Division

2nd Ukrainian Front 7th Guards Army First Army (Romania) Fourth Army (Romania) 7th Mechanized Corps 110th Guards Rifle Division 203rd Rifle Division 223rd Rifle Division 227th Rifle Division 228th Rifle Division 232nd Rifle Division 240th Rifle Division 243rd Rifle Division 252nd Rifle Division 6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)