Battle
Battle of Kołobrzeg
4 Mar 1945 – 18 Mar 1945 · Kołobrzeg (Kolberg)
From 4 to 18 March 1945, during the East Pomeranian Offensive, Red Army units attacked the fortress of Kolberg (now Kołobrzeg) until 7 March, after which the Polish First Army under Stanisław Popławski took over with the 3rd, 4th and 6th Infantry Divisions. The garrison, roughly 8,000 to 15,000 personnel including SS units and Volkssturm, was supported by the warships Lützow and Admiral Scheer. Polish and Soviet forces took the city on 18 March, while the Germans evacuated about 40,000 soldiers and many refugees by sea; over 80% of the city was destroyed. On 18 March Polish soldiers re-enacted Poland's Wedding to the Sea.
Show on map →Photographs and documents (0)
No archival material for this event. Editors add only freely licensed files (public domain, CC0, CC BY/BY-SA).
Countries involved
Sources
- [1]Battle of Kolberg (1945)
Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia
Current references are encyclopedic (tertiary) sources. Editors are adding archival sources and scholarly works.