✦ History

Samland offensive

April 13–25, 1945 · Sambia Peninsula

Result Soviet Victory

Soviet forces attacked German troops in the Sambia peninsula near Königsberg in the final stage of the war. The Red Army won.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

Soviet Union

Germany
Soviet Union
Dietrich von Saucken military commander
Ivan Bagramyan military commander

Units

Army East Prussia (Wehrmacht) IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
115th Rifle Division 124th Rifle Division 126th Rifle Division 144th Rifle Division 153rd Rifle Division (1943–1946) 154th Rifle Division 159th Rifle Division (1943–1946) 16th Guards Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 19th Guards Rifle Division 221st Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 251st Rifle Division 26th Guards Rifle Division 26th Rifle Division 338th Rifle Division 33rd Guards Rifle Division 358th Rifle Division 70th Rifle Division 83rd Guards Rifle Division 84th Guards Rifle Division 91st Guards Rifle Division Zemland Group of Forces