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Urban warfare in World War II
- Battle of Manila (1945)On the 9th of January 1945, the Sixth U.S. Army under Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger made an amphibious landing at Lingayen Gulf.
- Vienna offensiveJoseph Stalin reached an agreement with the Western Allies prior to April 1945 concerning the relative postwar political influence of each party in much of…
- Battle of StalingradOn the 28th of June 1942, the German Army Group South began its attack into southern Russia. This offensive, code-named Case Blue, aimed to capture vital…
- Battle of KönigsbergThe Soviet Stavka ordered the East Prussian offensive to prevent flank attacks on armies rushing toward Berlin. Joseph Stalin directed Marshal Konstantin…
- Liberation of ParisThe Allied strategy emphasized destroying German forces retreating toward the Rhine, not liberating Paris. General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of…
- Siege of LeningradAdolf Hitler declared that Leningrad must die of starvation in a speech at Munich on the 8th of November 1941. The German High Command viewed the capture of…
- Belgrade offensiveIn August 1943, the German Wehrmacht maintained two army formations in the Balkans: Army Group E stationed in Greece and the 2nd Panzer Army operating across…
- Siege of BudapestOn the 19th of March 1944, German forces launched Operation Margarethe to enter Hungary. This preemptive strike occurred as political pressure mounted within…