✦ History

Part of World War II

Courland Pocket

October 9, 1944 – May 10, 1945 · Courland

Result Free German/Soviet victory

Soviet advances trapped German Army Group North in western Latvia. The trapped forces held out until the German surrender in May 1945.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany
Soviet Union
Ferdinand Schörner military commander Lothar Rendulic military commander Heinrich von Vietinghoff military commander
Ivan Bagramyan military commander Leonid Govorov military commander Andrey Yeryomenko military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
117,871
Captured
189,112
Casualties
160,948
Killed
30,501
Wounded
130,447

Units

Army Group North Army Group Courland I Army Corps (Wehrmacht) L Army Corps (Wehrmacht) X Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 11th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 126th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 12th Luftwaffe Field Division 12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 14th Panzer Division 205th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 215th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 218th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 24th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 290th Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 32nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 4th Panzer Division 6th Flak Division 81st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 83rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
1st Baltic Front 2nd Baltic Front Leningrad Front 1st Shock Army 4th Shock Army 51st Army (Russia) 61st Army (Soviet Union) 67th Army (Soviet Union) 6th Guards Army 30th Guards Army Corps 119th Guards Rifle Division 119th Rifle Division 11th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 123rd Rifle Division 156th Rifle Division 158th Rifle Division 164th Rifle Division 168th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 178th Rifle Division 179th Rifle Division 196th Rifle Division 198th Rifle Division 204th Rifle Division 219th Rifle Division 21st Guards Rifle Division 22nd Guards Rifle Division 249th Rifle Division 256th Rifle Division 28th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 2nd Training Motor Rifle Division "Alp Arslan" 306th Rifle Division 30th Guards Rifle Division 327th Rifle Division 332nd Rifle Division 347th Rifle Division 374th Rifle Division 376th Rifle Division 377th Rifle Division 379th Rifle Division 37th Rifle Division 382nd Rifle Division 391st Rifle Division 417th Rifle Division 43rd Guards Rifle Division 43rd Rifle Division 46th Guards Rifle Division 56th Guards Rifle Division 64th Guards Rifle Division 65th Guards Rifle Division 67th Guards Rifle Division 69th Guards Motor Rifle Division 71st Guards Rifle Division 7th Guards Rifle Division 7th Rifle Division 85th Guards Rifle Division 87th Guards Rifle Division 9th Guards Rifle Division