✦ History

Part of World War II, Eastern Front (World War II)

Vienna offensive

April 2–13, 1945 · Vienna

Result Allied victory

After defeating the last German offensive at Lake Balaton, the Red Army drove through western Hungary and took Vienna on 13 April.

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Axis

Allies

Germany
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Austrian resistance
Baldur von Schirach military commander Rudolf von Bünau military commander
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin military commander Vladimir Stoychev military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
1,171,800
Killed
38,661
Guns
5,425

Units

6th Army (Wehrmacht) 6th Panzer Army I SS Panzer Corps 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) 710th Infantry Division
2nd Ukrainian Front 26th Army (Soviet Union) 27th Army (Soviet Union) 46th Army 4th Guards Army 57th Army (Soviet Union) First Army (Bulgaria) 1st Guards Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 37th Guards Airborne Corps 38th Guards Airborne Corps 39th Guards Airborne Corps 100th Guards Rifle Division 104th Guards Air Assault Division 104th Rifle Division 105th Guards Vienna Airborne Division 108th Guards Rifle Division 109th Guards Rifle Division 113th Rifle Division 114th Guards Airborne Division 122nd Rifle Division 141st Rifle Division 151st Rifle Division 163rd Rifle Division 202nd Rifle Division 206th Rifle Division 21st Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 223rd Rifle Division 233rd Rifle Division 236th Rifle Division 252nd Rifle Division 320th Rifle Division 337th Rifle Division 36th Guards Rifle Division 375th Rifle Division 387th Rifle Division 409th Rifle Division 40th Guards Rifle Division 41st Guards Rifle Division 49th Guards Rifle Division 4th Guards Rifle Division 61st Guards Rifle Division 62nd Guards Rifle Division 68th Guards Rifle Division 69th Guards Rifle Division 73rd Guards Rifle Division 81st Guards Rifle Division 86th Guards Rifle Division 8th Guards Airborne Division 98th Guards Airborne Division 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment

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