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Western Carpathian offensive, the Glossary

The Western Carpathian offensive (Russian: Западно-Карпатская наступательная операция) was a successful offensive by the Red Army during World War II, that lasted from January 12 to February 18, 1945.^[1]

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Andrei Grechko

Andrei Antonovich Grechko (– 26 April 1976) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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Żywiec

Żywiec (Saybusch) is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019).

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Bielsko-Biała

Bielsko-Biała (Bílsko-Bělá; Bielitz-Biala, Biylsko-Biołŏ; Byłc-Bejł) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of.

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Brezno

Brezno (1927–1948: Brezno nad Hronom; Bries or Briesen; Breznóbánya) is a town in central Slovakia with a population of around 21,000.

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Carl Becker (general)

Carl Becker (16 January 1895 – 24 March 1966) was a German general during World War II, who commanded several divisions.

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Czechoslovak government-in-exile

The Czechoslovak government-in-exile, sometimes styled officially as the Provisional Government of Czechoslovakia (Prozatímní vláda Československa; Dočasná vláda Československa), was an informal title conferred upon the Czechoslovak National Liberation Committee (Výbor Československého Národního Osvobození; Československý Výbor Národného Oslobodenia), initially by British diplomatic recognition.

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Dezső László

Colonel General Vitéz Dezső László (23 July 1894, Lovászpatona, – 8 June 1949, Budapest) was a captain during World War I and general during World War II.

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East Prussian offensive

The East Prussian offensive was a strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front (World War II). Western Carpathian offensive and East Prussian offensive are battles and operations of the Soviet–German War, conflicts in 1945, February 1945 events in Europe, January 1945 events in Europe and strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II.

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Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in contemporary German and Ukrainian historiographies, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.

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Ferdinand Schörner

Ferdinand Schörner (12 June 1892 – 2 July 1973) was a German military commander who held the rank of Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Filipp Zhmachenko

Filipp Feodosyevich Zhmachenko (Филипп Феодосьевич Жмаченко; Пилип Феодосійович Жмаченко; – 19 June 1966) was a Soviet Army colonel general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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First Army (Hungary)

The Hungarian First Army was a field army of the Royal Hungarian Army that saw action during World War II.

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First Army (Romania)

The First Army was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces, active from 1916 to 2000.

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Fourth Army (Romania)

The Fourth Army (Armata a 4-a Română) was a field army (a military formation) of the Romanian Land Forces active from the 19th century to the 1990s.

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Friedrich Schulz

Friedrich Schulz (15 October 1897 – 30 November 1976) was a German general during World War II.

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German Wikipedia

The German Wikipedia (Deutschsprachige Wikipedia) is the German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia.

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Gotthard Heinrici

Gotthard Fedor August Heinrici (25 December 1886 – 10 December 1971) was a German general during World War II.

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Government of National Unity (Hungary)

The Government of National Unity was a Nazi-backed puppet government of Hungary, which ruled the German-occupied Kingdom of Hungary during World War II in eastern Europe.

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Hans Kreysing

Hans Kreysing (17 August 1890 – 14 April 1969) was a German general who commanded the 3rd Mountain Division and the 8th Army.

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Hron

The Hron (Hron; Gran; Garam; Granus) is a long left tributary of the Danube, p. 38 and the second-longest river in Slovakia.

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Ivan Petrov (army general)

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Иван Ефимович Петров; – 7 April 1958) was a Soviet Army General from 1941.

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Jablonka, Myjava District

Jablonka is a village and municipality in the Myjava District in the Trenčín Region of West Slovakia.

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Jasło

Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 36,641 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2012.

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Josef Harpe

Josef Harpe (21 September 1887 – 14 March 1968) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 9th Army.

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Karl von Le Suire

Karl Hans Maximilian von Le Suire (8 November 1898 – 18 June 1954) was a German general during World War II who commanded the XXXXIX Mountain Corps.

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Kirill Moskalenko

Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko (Кирилл Семёнович Москаленко, Кирило Семенович Москаленко, romanized: Kyrylo Semenovych Moskalenko; 11 May 1902 – 17 June 1985) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Košice

Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia.

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Konstantin Rokossovsky

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович (Ксаверьевич) Рокоссовский; Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October.

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Liptovský Hrádok

Liptovský Hrádok (Neuhäusel in der Liptau; Liptóújvár) is a town in northern Slovakia, in the region of Liptov.

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Liptovský Mikuláš

Liptovský Mikuláš (until 1952 Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš, Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus; Liptószentmiklós) is a town in northern Slovakia, on the Váh River, about from Bratislava.

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Ludvík Svoboda

Ludvík Svoboda (25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician.

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Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (22 June 1893 – 29 April 1945) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era.

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Nicolae Dăscălescu

Nicolae I. Dăscălescu (29 June 1884 – 28 September 1969) was a Romanian general during World War II.

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Nicolae Macici

Nicolae Macici (7 November 1886 – 15 June 1950) was a Romanian lieutenant general during World War II, when he commanded the Romanian First Army, first on the side of the Axis (1941–1944) and then on the side of the Allies (1944–1945).

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Ondava

The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog.

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Plešivec, Slovakia

Plešivec (Pelsőc, Pleissnitz) is a large village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.

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Polany, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Polany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krempna, within Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.

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Prešov

Prešov (Eperjes, Eperies, Rusyn and Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia.

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Rožňava

Rožňava (Rozsnyó, Rosenau, Latin: Rosnavia) is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182.

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Rodion Malinovsky

Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Родио́н Я́ковлевич Малино́вский, Rodion Yakovych Malynovskyi; – 31 March 1967) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Rudolf von Bünau (father)

Rudolf von Bünau (19 August 1890 – 14 January 1962) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps.

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Sajó

The Sajó (Hungarian) or Slaná (Slovak) is a river in Slovakia and Hungary. Its length is 229 km, of which 110 km is in Slovakia. Its source is in the Stolica Mountains range of the Slovak Ore Mountains. It flows through the Slovak town Rožňava and the Hungarian city Miskolc. In Hungary Sajó flows through the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén.

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Sergei Trofimenko

Sergei Georgievich Trofimenko (Сергей Георгиевич Трофименко; – 16 October 1953) was a Soviet military commander, active in the Russian Civil War and the Second World War.

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Slovak Ore Mountains

The Slovak Ore Mountains (Slovenské rudohorie, Gömör–Szepesi-érchegység, Slowakisches Erzgebirge or Zips-Gemer-Erzgebirge) are an extensive mountain range within the Carpathian Mountains, located mostly in Slovakia's Spiš and Gemer region, with a small part in northern Hungary.

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Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

The (First) Slovak Republic ((Prvá) Slovenská republika), otherwise known as the Slovak State (Slovenský štát), was a partially-recognized clerical fascist client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe.

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Soła

The Soła is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula.

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Stropkov

Stropkov (Стропков, Sztropkó,, סטראפקאוו) is a town in Stropkov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia.

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Strumień

Strumień (Schwarzwasser, Strumeň) is a town and the seat of Gmina Strumień, in Cieszyn County, in the Silesian Voivodeship (province) of southern Poland, on the Vistula River.

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Vistula–Oder offensive

The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945. Western Carpathian offensive and Vistula–Oder offensive are battles and operations of the Soviet–German War, conflicts in 1945, February 1945 events in Europe, January 1945 events in Europe, military operations of World War II involving Germany and strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Western Carpathian offensive and World War II are conflicts in 1945.

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XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

German XI.

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XI SS Panzer Corps

The XI SS Corps (German: XI. SS-Armeekorps later XI. SS-Panzerkorps) was a Waffen-SS corps created on July 24, 1944 in southern Poland on the basis of the remains of the headquarters of the defeated V Army Corps and employed on the Eastern Front in 1944-1945 during World War II.

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XXXXIX Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht)

XXXXIX Mountain Corps was a mountain warfare corps of the German Army during World War II.

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Zvolen

Zvolen (Zólyom; Altsohl) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers.

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11th Rifle Corps

The 11th Rifle Corps was a corps of the Red Army, formed twice.

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140th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 140th Rifle Division was a Red Army rifle division that saw service during the Great Patriotic War.

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17th Army (Wehrmacht)

The German Seventeenth Army was a field army of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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18th Army (Soviet Union)

The 18th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was formed on 21 June 1941 on the basis of HQ Kharkov Military District and armies of the Kiev Special Military District.

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1st Guards Army (Soviet Union)

The 1st Guards Army was a Soviet Guards field army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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1st Panzer Army

The 1st Panzer Army (1.) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

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27th Army (Soviet Union)

The 27th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, which fought in World War II.

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2nd Ukrainian Front

The 2nd Ukrainian Front (2-й Украинский фронт) was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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38th Army (Soviet Union)

The 38th Red Banner Army was a field army of the Soviet Union that existed between 1941 and 1991.

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40th Army (Soviet Union)

The 40th Army (40-ya obshchevoyskovaya armiya, "40th Combined Arms Army") of the Soviet Ground Forces was an army-level command that participated in World War II from 1941 to 1945 and was reformed specifically for the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to circa 1990.

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4th Ukrainian Front

The 4th Ukrainian Front (Четвёртый Украинский фронт) was the name of two distinct Red Army strategic army groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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52nd Rifle Corps

The 52nd Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army.

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67th Rifle Corps

The 67th Rifle Corps was a corps of the Red Army during World War II, formed twice.

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70th Guards Rifle Division

The 70th Guards Rifle Division was formed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in February, 1943, based on the 1st formation of the 138th Rifle Division in recognition of that division's actions during the battle, and served in that role until well after the end of the Great Patriotic War.

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8th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 8th Army (8.) was a World War II field army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Carpathian_offensive

Also known as West Carpathian Offensive, Western Carpathian Strategic Offensive.

, XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht), XI SS Panzer Corps, XXXXIX Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht), Zvolen, 11th Rifle Corps, 140th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 17th Army (Wehrmacht), 18th Army (Soviet Union), 1st Guards Army (Soviet Union), 1st Panzer Army, 27th Army (Soviet Union), 2nd Ukrainian Front, 38th Army (Soviet Union), 40th Army (Soviet Union), 4th Ukrainian Front, 52nd Rifle Corps, 67th Rifle Corps, 70th Guards Rifle Division, 8th Army (Wehrmacht).

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See also

Battles of World War II involving Hungary

Battles of World War II involving Romania

February 1945 events in Europe

History of Slovakia

January 1945 events in Europe

References