Silesian Interlude

Marshall Koniev’s 1st Ukrainian Front attacked to seize the Upper Silesia all the way to the Czechoslovakian frontier. Elements of the Hermann Göring Parachute-Panzer Division were hurriedly transported by rail to the area. They were immediately committed to the XXXX Panzer Corps sector. The Hermann Göring was …

1945-03-19

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Marshall Koniev’s 1st Ukrainian Front attacked to seize the Upper Silesia all the way to the Czechoslovakian frontier. Elements of the Hermann Göring Parachute-Panzer Division were hurriedly transported by rail to the area. They were immediately committed to the XXXX Panzer Corps sector. The Hermann Göring was initially committed on the 18th of March in a piecemeal fashion with little ammo and even less success. They regrouped and resupplied that night, resuming the attack the next day against the 10th Guards Tank Corps. The attack started well, until the Russians committed heavy tank destroyer units to the battle.

Oppeln, Upper Silesia

The Upper Silesian Offensive was a strategically significant Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II in 1945. It was aimed at capturing the considerable industrial and natural resources located in Upper Silesia and involved forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. Due to the importance of the region to the Germans, considerable forces were provided to Army Group Centre for its defence and the Germans were only slowly pushed back to the Czech border. Fighting for the region lasted from mid January right until the last day of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945.

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