10/20/2023 0 Comments Ww2 battle where the largest tank battle ever, hitler's eastern front collapsing![]() Opposing these forces was the 4th Panzer Army under General Fritz-Hubert Gräser, of Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner's Army Group Center. Part of Marshal Ivan Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front, the Poles operated in the centre of the front, flanked on the right by the 5th Guards Army and on the left by the 7th Mechanized Corps. In the last months of World War II, the Polish Second Army, under General Karol Świerczewski, took part in the Soviet drive on Berlin. The German operation successfully recaptured Bautzen and its surroundings, which were held until the end of the war. Because the war was almost over and the battle had no strategic impact on the ongoing Battle of Berlin, German historiography has focused more on its tactical aspects. ![]() The Polish Second Army under Karol Świerczewski suffered heavy losses, but, with the aid of Soviet reinforcements, prevented the German forces from breaking through to their rear.Īfter the battle both sides claimed victory and modern views as to who won the battle remain contradictory. Major combat began on 21 April 1945 and continued until 26 April, although isolated engagements continued to take place until 30 April. The battle was fought in the town of Bautzen ( Upper Sorbian: Budyšin) ( Polish: Budziszyn) and the rural areas to the northeast situated primarily along the Bautzen– Niesky line. ![]() ![]() The battle took place during Ivan Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front's push toward Berlin, which was part of the larger Soviet Berlin Offensive. It was fought on the extreme southern flank of the Spremberg-Torgau Offensive, seeing days of pitched street fighting between forces of the Polish Second Army under elements of the Soviet 52nd Army and 5th Guards Army on one side and elements of German Army Group Center in the form of the remnants of the 4th Panzer and 17th armies on the other. The Battle of Bautzen (or Battle of Budziszyn, April 1945) was one of the last battles of the Eastern Front during World War II in Europe. ![]()
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