# Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II

The strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II were major military events carried out between 1941 and 1945 on the Eastern Front or in 1945 in the Far East during the Second World War. Such operations typically involved at least one Front – the largest military formation of the Soviet Armed Forces. The operations could be defensive, offensive, a withdrawal, an encirclement, or a siege – always conducted by at least two Services of the armed forces (the ground forces and the air forces) and often included the naval forces. In most cases the Stavka divided the strategic operations into operational phases which were large operations in their own right. In very few cases the phases were tactical, such as those requiring amphibious landings.

## Introduction

In Soviet historiography, the Great Patriotic War is divided into periods:
* First (22 June 1941 – 18 November 1942)
* Second (19 November 1942 – 31 December 1943)
* Third (1 January 1944 – 9 May 1945)
The war with Japan, the Campaign in the Far East including the Manchurian strategic offensive operation, (9 August 1945 – 2 September 1945) is seen as a separate theater of operations from the Great Patriotic War.
During the course of the Second World War the Red Army carried out a number of different military operations. The scope of these operations, usually known by the major cities around which they took place, was usually termed "operational-strategic" or "strategic", depending on the scale. An "operational-strategic" operation was usually undertaken by at least a group of Armies or a single Front. A "strategic" operation usually demanded cooperation of several Fronts to achieve its objectives. In both cases the operations could last from a week to several months. strategic operations were combined into seasonal campaigns, because weather and ground conditions affected planning.
Soviet historians disagreed on which operations to classify as strategic or front-level, and the names of operations often differed between early military studies and later official histories. In the 1960s 40 strategic operations were discussed, in the 1970s this expanded to 55, and by the beginning of the 1980s, "more than 50." The six-volume official History of the Great Patriotic War, published between 1960 and 1965, and the twelve-volume History of the Second World War 1939–1945, published between 1973 and 1982, did not clarify the number of strategic operations. In an attempt to resolve the discussion, the Military-Historical Journal of the Ministry of Defense published discussions during 1985 and 1986 between military historians and military leaders about strategic operations. As a result of these discussions, a list of strategic operations was developed, and the number of troops involved and durations of the operations were specified. However, this issue was not fully resolved, as the work of the commission of Grigory Krivosheyev on Soviet casualties published in 1993 contained a slightly different list of strategic operations.

## First period (22 June 1941 – 18 November 1942)
### Summer–Autumn campaign of 1941 (22 June – 4 December)

* Axis Operation Barbarossa
* Baltic operation (1941) 22 June – 9 July 1941
    Baltic Border defensive Battles 22–24 June 1941
       Battle of Raseiniai
    Šiauliai counter-offensive operation 24–27 June 1941
    Riga defensive (ru) : 28–30 June 1941
    Pskov defensive (ru) : 4–9 July 1941
    Battle of Hanko (1941) 22 June – 2 December 1941
* German Battle of Białystok-Minsk/Offensive Campaign in Belorussia 22–29 June 1941
* Belorussian strategic defensive (ru) : 22 June – 9 July 1941
    Belorussian Border defensive Battles 22–25 June 1941
       Defense of Brest Fortress 22–30 June 1941
    Battle of Vitebsk (1941) (ru) : 6–16 July 1941
    Borisov counterattack: 6–9 July 1941
    Lepel Offensive Operation [ru]: 6–11 July 1941$^{:11f.}$
* L'vov-Chernovitsy strategic defensive (ru) : 22 June – 9 July 1941
    Ukrainian Border defensive Battles 22–27 June 1941
       Battle of Brody (1941) (26–30 June 1941)
    L'vov-Lutsk defensive 27 June – 2 July 1941
    Stanislav-Proskurov defensive 3–6 July 1941
* German and Finnish Operation Arctic Fox 29 June – mid-July 1941
* Arctic-Karelia strategic defensive (ru) : 29 June – 10 October 1941
    Murmansk-Kandalaksha defensive 29 June – 19 September 1941
    Vyborg-Keksholm defensive 29 June – 23 September 1941
    Kestenga defensive 1 July – 10 October 1941
    Defensives on the Petrozavodsk, Ukhinskom-Rugozerskom, and Olonetskom directions 1 July – 10 October 1941
* Moldavian defensive 1–26 July 1941
* Kiev strategic defensive (1941) 7 July – 26 September 1941
    Korosten defensive 11 July – 20 August 1941
    Timoshenko Counteroffensive 13 – 17 July 1941$^{:13–18}$
    Bobruysk offensive 13 July – 7 August 1941$^{:19}$
    Novohrad-Volynskyi defensive 10 July – 20 August 1941
    Uman defensive 15 July – 4 August 1941
    Tiraspol-Melitopol defensive (ru) : 27 July – 28 September 1941
    Kiev-Pryluky defensive 20 August – 26 September 1941
    Malyn offensive 5–8 August 1941
* Leningrad strategic defensive 10 July – 30 September 1941
    Tallinn defensive (ru) : 10 July – 10 August 1941
       Evacuation of Tallinn (1941)
    Kingisepp–Luga defensive (ru) : 10 July – 23 September 1941
    Soltsy-Dno offensive (ru) : 14 – 18 July 1941$^{:19ff.}$
    Staraya-Russa offensive (ru) : 12–23 August 1941$^{:51–70}$
    Demyansk defensive (ru) : 6–26 September 1941
    First Sinyavino offensive (ru) : 10–26 September 1941
    Second Sinyavino offensive (ru) : 20–28 October 1941
* Battle of Smolensk 10 July – 10 September 1941
    Polotsk defensive (ru) : 2–16 July 1941
    Smolensk defensive (ru) : 10 July – 10 August 1941
    Smolensk offensive 21 July – 7 August 1941
    Siege of Mogilev 3–26 July 1941
    Rogachev–Zhlobin offensive (1941) (ru) : 13–24 July 1941
    Gomel–Trubchevsk defensive (ru) : 24 July – 30 August 1941
    Dukhovschina offensive (ru) : 17 August – 8 September 1941
    Yelnya offensive 30 August – 8 September 1941
    Roslavl–Novozybkov offensive 30 August – 12 September 1941
* Odessa defensive 5 August – 16 October 1941
* German operation Wotan (Angriff am Moskow) 9 September
* Donbas–Rostov strategic defensive operation (ru) : 29 September – 16 November 1941
    Battle of the Sea of Azov 26 September – 11 October 1941
    Sumy–Kharkov defensive 30 September – 30 November 1941
       Defence of Kharkov (1941) (20–24 October 1941)
       German First Battle of Kharkov
* Axis Crimean Campaign 26 September 1941 – 15 May 1942
    Donbas defensive operation (1941) (ru) : 29 September – 4 November 1941
    Rostov defensive (ru) : 5–16 November 1941
* Moscow strategic defensive 30 September – 5 December 1941
    Orel-Bryansk defensive operation (ru) : 30 September – 23 October 1941
    Vyazma defensive operation (ru) : 2–13 October 1941
    Kalinin Defensive Operation (ru) : 10 October – 4 December 1941
    Mozhaisk-Maloyaroslavets defensive (ru) : 10–30 October 1941
    Tula defensive (ru) : 24 October – 5 December 1941
    Klin-Solnechnogorsk Defensive (ru) : 15 November – 5 December 1941
    Naro-Fominsk defensive (ru) : 1–5 December 1941
* Tikhvin defensive (ru) : 16 October – 18 November 1941
* Crimean defensive 18 October – 16 November 1941
* Defense of Sevastopol 30 October 1941 – 4 July 1942
* Tikhvin offensive (ru) : 10 November – 30 December 1941
    Tikhvin-Kirishsk offensive (ru) : 12 November – 30 December 1941
    Malo-Vishersk offensive (ru) : 10 November – 30 December 1941
* Rostov strategic offensive 17 November – 2 December 1941
    Bolshekrepinsk offensive 17–27 November 1941
    Rostov offensive 27 November – 2 December 1941

### Winter campaign of 1941/42 (5 December 1941 – 30 April 1942)

* Moscow strategic offensive 5 December 1941 – 7 January 1942
    Kalinin Offensive (ru) : 5 December 1941 – 7 January 1942
    Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive (ru) : 6–25 December 1941
    Yelets offensive (ru) : 6–16 December 1941
    Tula offensive (ru) : 6–16 December 1941
    Kaluga offensive (ru) : 17 December 1941 – 5 January 1942
    Naro–Fominsk offensive : 24 December 1941 – 8 January 1942
* Kerch–Feodosia amphibious operation 25 December 1941 – 2 January 1942
    Kerch landing 25 December 1941 – 2 January 1942
    Feodosia landing 25 December 1941 – 2 January 1942
* Oboyan–Kursk offensive (ru) : 3–26 January 1942
* Lyuban offensive 7 January – 30 April 1942
* Demyansk offensive – first phase (1942) 7 January – 20 May 1942
* Orel–Bolkhov offensive 8 January – 28 April 1942
* Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive (ru) : 8 January – 20 April 1942
    Sychyovka–Vyazma offensive 8 January – 28 February 1942
    Mozhaysk–Vyazma offensive (Operation Jupiter)10 January – 28 February 1942
    Toropets–Kholm offensive 9 January – 6 February 1942
    Vyazma Airborne 18 January – 28 February 1942
    Rzhev–Vyazma offensive (1942) 3 March – 20 April 1942
    Demyansk offensive – second phase (1942) 7 January – 20 May 1942
* Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive 18–31 January 1942
* Crimean offensive 27 January – 15 April 1942
* Bolkhov offensive 24 March – 3 April 1942

### Summer–Autumn campaign of 1942 (1 May – 18 November)

* German Demjansk Pocket 8 February – 21 April 1942
* Volkhov offensive 24 March – 3 April 1942
* Murmansk offensive (ru) : 28 April – 13 May 1942
* Battle of the Kerch Peninsula 8–19 May 1942
* Izium bridgehead offensive 12–29 May 1942
* Rescue of 2nd Shock Army (ru): 13 May – 10 July 1942
* Axis Operation Wilhelm 10–15 June 1942
* Axis Operation Fridericus II 22–25 June 1942
* Axis Case Blue 28 June – 19 August 1942
    German Fall Kremel ("Case Kremlin" in English) was a German deception for a summer offensive aimed at Moscow
    Axis Case Blue – Woronesh Army Group B
    Axis Case Blue – Stalingrad 6th Army
    Axis Case Blue – Baku Army Group A
* Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad strategic defensive 28 June – 24 July 1942
    1st Kastornoye defensive 28 June – 10 July 1942
    2nd Kastornoye defensive 9–24 July 1942
    Valuiki–Rossosh defensive 28 June – 24 July 1942
    Voroshilovgrad–Shakhty defensive 7–24 July 1942
* Donbas defensive (1942) (ru) : 7–24 July 1942
    Battle of Rostov (1942) 19–24 July 1942
* German Operation Seydlitz 12 July 1942
* Stalingrad strategic defensive 17 July – 18 November 1942
    Defensive battles at distant approaches (ru) : 17 July – 17 August 1942
    Defensive battles on near approaches and in Stalingrad 19 August – 18 November 1942
* First Rzhev–Sychyovka offensive 30 July – 1 October 1942
* Sinyavino offensive 19 August – 10 October 1942
* Kozelsk offensive 22 August 1942 – 9 September 1942
* Axis Operation Braunschweig 23 July 1942 –
* Axis Operation Edelweiss 23 July – 21 August 1942
* North Caucasian strategic defensive 25 July – 31 December 1942
    Tikhoretsk-Stavropol Defensive Operation : 25 July – 5 August 1942
    Armavir-Maikop Defensive Operation (ru) : 6–17 August 1942
    Krasnodar Defensive Operation (ru) : 7–14 August 1942
    Novorossiysk Defensive Operation (ru) : 19 August – 26 September 1942
    Mozdok-Malgobek Defensive Operation (ru) : 1–28 September 1942
       1940–44 insurgency in Chechnya
* Axis Operation Blücher 2 September 1942
    Tuapse Defensive Operation (ru) : 25 September – 20 December 1942
    Nalckik-Ordzhonikidze Defensive Operation (ru) : 25 October – 12 November 1942

## Second period (19 November 1942 – 31 December 1943)
### Winter campaign of 1942–1943 (19 November 1942 – 3 March 1943)

* Stalingrad strategic offensive 19 November 1942 – 2 February 1943
    Operation Uranus 19–30 November 1942
    Kotelnikovo offensive 12–31 December 1942
       Tatsinskaya Raid 16–28 December 1942
    Operation Winter Storm 12–23 December 1942
    Middle Don offensive (Operation Little Saturn) 16–30 December 1942
    Operation Koltso (Operation Ring) 10 January – 2 February 1943
* Second Rzhev–Sychyovka offensive (Operation Mars) 25 November – 20 December 1942
    Sychevka offensive 24 November – 14 December 1942
    Belyi offensive 25 November – 16 December 1942
    Luchesa offensive 25 November – 11 December 1942
    Molodoi Tud offensive 25 November – 23 December 1942
    Velikie-Luki offensive 24 November 1942 – 20 January 1943
* North Caucasian strategic offensive 1 January – 4 February 1943
    Salsk-Rostov offensive (or Battle of Rostov (1943)) : 1 January – 4 February 1943
    Mozdok-Stavropol offensive : 1–24 January 1943
    Novorossiysk-Maikop offensive : 11 January – 4 February 1943
    Tikhoretsk-Eisk offensive : 24 January – 4 February 1943
* Axis Defence of the Kuban bridgeheads
* Operation Iskra (Operation Spark, breaking of the Leningrad Blockade) 12–30 January 1943
    Krasnoborsko-Smerdynskaya offensive
* Voronezh–Kharkov strategic offensive (ru) : 13 January – 3 March 1943
    Ostrogozhsk-Rossosh offensive 13–27 January 1943
    Voronezh-Kastornoye offensive 24 January – 2 February 1943
    Voroshilovgrad offensive (Operation Skachok) 29 January – 18 February 1943
    Kharkov offensive (Operation Zvezda) 2 February – 3 March 1943
    Orel (Maloarkhangelsk) offensive (ru) : 5–28 February 1943
    Lvov offensive 15 February – 1 March 1943
* Donbas Mariupol offensive 16–23 February 1943
* Krasnodar offensive (ru) : 9 February – 24 May 1943
* Operation Polar Star 10 February – 1 April 1943
    Battle of Krasny Bor 10–13 February 1943
    Demyansk offensive 15–28 February 1943
    Staraya Russa operation (ru) : 4–19 March 1943
* German Operation Büffel 1–22 March 1943
    Rzhev–Vyazma offensive (1943) 2–31 March 1943
* Dmitriyev-Sevsk offensive (ru) : 24 February – 28 March 1943
* Kharkov defensive 4–25 March 1943
* German Third Battle of Kharkov
* 1st Taman offensive 4 April – 10 May 1943
    2nd Taman offensive 26 May 1943 – 22 August 1944

### Summer–Autumn campaign of 1943 (1 July – 31 December)

* German Operation Citadel
* Kursk strategic defensive (ru) : 5–23 July 1943
    Orel–Kursk Defensive (ru) : 5–11 July 1943
    Belgorod–Kursk defensive 5–23 July 1943
* Orel strategic offensive (Operation Kutuzov) 12 July – 18 August 1943
    Volkhov–Orel offensive 12 July – 18 August 1943
    Kromyv–Orel offensive 15 July – 18 August 1943
* Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943) 17 July – 2 August 1943
    Izyum-Barvenkovo offensive (ru) : 17–27 July 1943
    Mius offensive (ru) : 17 July – 2 August 1943
* 1st Mga offensive (ru) (or Fifth Sinyavino offensive) : 22 July – 22 August 1943
* Belgorod–Khar'kov strategic offensive (Operation Rumyantsev) 3–23 August 1943
    Belgorod–Bogodukhov offensive 3–23 August 1943
    Belgorod–Kharkov offensive 3–23 August 1943
    Zmiev offensive 12–23 August 1943
    Mirgorod direction offensive 3–25 August 1943
* Smolensk strategic offensive (Operation Suvorov) 7 August – 2 October 1943
    Spas–Demensk offensive (ru) : 7–20 August 1943
    Dukhovshchina–Demidov offensive 1st Stage 13–18 August 1943
    Yelnia–Dorogobuzh offensive (ru) : 28 August – 6 September 1943
    Dukhovshchina–Demidov offensive 2nd Stage (ru) : 14 September – 2 October 1943
    Smolensk–Roslavl offensive (ru) : 15 September – 2 October 1943
    Bryansk offensive 17 August – 3 October 1943
* Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943) 13 August – 22 September 1943
    Barvenkov-Pavlograd offensive 13 August – 22 September 1943
    Mius–Mariupol offensive 18 August – 22 September 1943
* Chernigov-Poltava offensive (ru) : 26 August 1943 – 30 September 1943
    Chernigov-Pripyat offensive (ru) : 26 August – 30 September 1943
    Sumy–Priluky offensive (ru) : 26 August – 30 September 1943
    Poltava-Kremenchug offensive (ru) : 26 August – 30 September 1943
* Novorossiysk-Taman operation (ru) : 10 September – 9 October 1943
    Novorossiysk amphibious operation (ru) : 10–16 September 1943
    Taman offensive (1943) 10 September – 9 October 1943
* 2nd Mga offensive 15–18 September 1943
* Operation Concert (partisan offensive in support of Operation Suvorov) 19 September 1943
* Lower Dnieper offensive 26 September – 20 December 1943
    Axis Defence of the Panther–Wotan line
    Kremenchug offensive 26 September – 10 October 1943
    Melitopol Offensive (ru) : 26 September – 5 November 1943
    Zaporizhia offensive (ru) : 10–14 October 1943
    Kremenchug-Pyatikhatki Offensive (ru) : 15 October – 3 November 1943
    Dnepropetrovsk offensive (ru) : 23 October – 23 December 1943
    Krivoi Rog offensive 14–21 November 1943
    Apostolovo offensive 14 November – 23 December 1943
    Nikopol offensive 14 November – 31 December 1943
    Aleksandriia–Znamenka offensive (ru) : 22 November – 9 December 1943
    Krivoi Rog offensive 10–19 December 1943
* Kiev strategic offensive (October 1943) 1–24 October 1943
    Chernobyl–Radomysl offensive 1–4 October 1943
    Chernobyl–Gornostaipol defensive 3–8 October 1943
    Lyutezh offensive 11–24 October 1943
    1st Bukrin offensive 12–15 October 1943
    2nd Bukrin offensive 21–24 October 1943
* Byelorussian strategic offensive (1943) 3 October – 31 December 1943
    1st Gomel–Rechitsa offensive 30 September – 30 October 1943
    Nevel offensive 3–12 October 1943
    1st Orsha offensive 3–26 October 1943
    Battle of Lenino 12–13 October 1943
    Vitebsk (Riga) offensive 18–30 October 1943
    Idritsa offensive 18–30 October 1943
    Pskov offensive 18–30 October 1943
    Polotsk–Vitebsk offensive 2–21 November 1943
    Pustoshka-Idritsa offensive 2–21 November 1943
    2nd Gomel-Rechitsa Offensive (ru) : 10–30 November 1943
    2nd Orsha offensive 14 November – 5 December 1943
    Novyi Bykhov–Propoisk offensive 22–30 November 1943
    Kalinkovichi offensive 8–11 December 1943
    Gorodok offensive (ru) : 13–31 December 1943
    Idritsa-Opochka offensive 16 December 1943 – 15 January 1944
    Kalinkovichi defensive 20–27 December 1943
* Kerch–Eltigen operation 31 October – 11 December 1943
* Kiev strategic offensive operation (November 1943) (ru) : 3–13 November 1943
* Kiev strategic defensive (1943) (ru) : 13 November – 22 December 1943

## Third period (1 January 1944 – 9 May 1945)
### Winter Spring campaign of 1944 (1 January – 31 May)

* Dnieper–Carpathian offensive 24 December 1943 – 17 April 1944
    Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive 24 December 1943 – 14 January 1944
    Kirovograd offensive 5–16 January 1944
    Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive 24 January – 17 February 1944
    German Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket
    Rovno–Lutsk offensive 1 Stage 27 January – 11 February 1944
    Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive 2 Stage 30 January – 29 February 1944
    Proskurov–Chernovtsy offensive 4 March – 17 April 1944
    Uman–Botoşani offensive 5 March 1944 – 17 April 1944
    Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive (ru) : 6–18 March 1944
    Polesskoe offensive (ru) : 15 March – 5 April 1944
    Odessa offensive 26 March – 14 April 1944
* Kalinkovichi-Mozyr offensive (ru) : 8–30 January 1944
    Ozarichi-Ptich offensive 16–30 January 1944
* Vitebsk offensive (ru) : 3 February – 13 March 1944
* Leningrad–Novgorod strategic offensive 14 January – 1 March 1944
    Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha offensive 14–30 January 1944
    Novgorod–Luga offensive (ru) : 14 January – 15 February 1944
    Kingisepp–Gdov offensive 1 February – 1 March 1944
    Staraya Russa-Novorzhev Offensive (ru) : 18 February – 1 March 1944
* German: Battle of Narva 2 February – 10 August 1944
    Battle for Narva Bridgehead 2 February – 26 July 1944
* Narva offensive (15–28 February 1944)
* Rogachev–Zhlobin offensive (ru) : 21–26 February 1944
* Narva offensive (1–4 March 1944)
* Narva offensive (18–24 March 1944)
* Crimean strategic offensive 8 April – 12 May 1944
    Perekop–Sevastopol offensive 8 April – 12 May 1944
    Kerch–Sevastopol offensive 11 April – 12 May 1944
* First Jassy–Kishinev offensive 8 April – 6 June 1944
    First Battle of Târgu Frumos : 9–12 April 1944
    Battle of Podu Iloaiei : 12 April 1944
    Second Battle of Târgu Frumos : 2–8 May 1944

### Summer–Autumn campaign of 1944 (1 June – 31 December)

* Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive : 10 June – 9 August 1944
    Vyborg offensive (ru) : 10–20 June 1944
    Koivisto landing operation (ru) : 20–25 June 1944
    Battle of Tienhaara : 22 June 1944
    Battle of Tali-Ihantala : 25 June – 9 July 1944
    Battle of Vyborg Bay (1944) : 30 June 30 – 10 July 1944
    Battle of Vuosalmi : 4–17 July 1944
    Svir–Petrozavodsk offensive (ru) : 21 June – 9 August 1944
       Tuloksinskaia landing offensive (ru) : 23–27 June 1944
       Battle of Nietjärvi : 15–17 July 1944
       Battle of Ilomantsi : 6 July – 13 August 1944
* Byelorussian strategic offensive (Operation Bagration) 23 June – 29 August 1944
    Vitebsk–Orsha offensive 23–28 June 1944
    Mogilev offensive 23–28 June 1944
    Bobruysk offensive 24–29 June 1944
    Polotsk offensive 29 June – 4 July 1944
    Minsk offensive 29 June – 4 July 1944
    Vilnius offensive 5–20 July 1944
    Šiauliai offensive 5–31 July 1944
    Belostock offensive 5–27 July 1944
    Lublin–Brest offensive 18 July – 2 August 1944
       Battle of Radzymin (1944)
    Kaunas offensive 28 July – 28 August 1944
    Osovets offensive 6–14 August 1944
* Rezhitsa–Dvinsk offensive (ru) : 10–27 July 1944
* Pskov–Ostrov offensive (ru) : 11–31 July 1944
* German – Operation Doppelkopf 16–27 August 1944
* Lemberg–Sandomierz strategic offensive 13 July – 29 August 1944
    Lvov offensive (ru) : 13–27 July 1944
    Stanislav offensive 13–27 July 1944
    Sandomierz offensive 28 July – 29 August 1944
* Narva offensive 24–30 July 1944
* German: Battle of Tannenberg Line 26 July – 10 August 1944
* Madona offensive (ru) : 1–28 August 1944
* Tartu offensive 10 August – 6 September 1944
* Jassy–Kishinev strategic offensive 20–29 August 1944
    Yassi–Focsani offensive 20–29 August 1944
    Kishinev–Izmail offensive 20–29 August 1944
* Bucharest–Arad offensive (or the Romanian operation) (ru) : 30 August – 3 October 1944
* East Carpathian strategic offensive (ru) : 8–28 September 1944
    Carpathian–Dukla offensive 8–28 September 1944
    Carpathian-Uzhgorod offensive (ru) : 9–28 September 1944
* Baltic offensive 14 September – 24 November 1944
    Riga offensive 14 September – 24 October 1944
    Tallinn offensive 17–26 September 1944
    Moonsund landing 5–22 October 1944
    Memel offensive 27 September – 24 November 1944
* Courland Pocket 9 October 1944 – 8 May 1945
* Belgrade offensive 14 September – 24 November 1944
** Niš operation 8–14 October 1944
** Battle of Batina 11–29 November 1944
* Debrecen offensive 6–28 October 1944
* Petsamo–Kirkenes strategic offensive 7–29 October 1944
* Goldap-Gumbinnen offensive 16–30 October 1944
* Budapest strategic offensive 29 October 1944 – 13 February 1945
    Kecskemét-Budapest offensive 29 October – 10 December 1944
    Szolnok–Budapest offensive 29 October – 10 December 1944
    Nyiregyhaza–Miskolc offensive 1 November – 10 December 1944
    Apatin-Kaposvár offensive (ru) : 7 November – 31 December 1944
    Esztergom–Komarno offensive 20 December 1944 – 15 January 1945
    Szekesfehervar–Esztergom offensive 20 December 1944 – 13 February 1945
    Assault on Budapest 27 December 1944 – 13 February 1945
    German: Operation Konrad : 1–27 January 1945

### Campaign in Europe 1945 (1 January – 9 May)

* Vistula-Oder strategic offensive 12 January 1945 – 3 February 1945
    Warsaw-Posen offensive (ru) : 14 January – 3 February 1945
       Battle of Posen 24 January – 23 February 1945
    Sandomierz–Silesian offensive 12 January – 3 February 1945
* Western Carpathian strategic offensive (ru) : 12 January – 18 February 1945
    Kosice–Poprad offensive 12–28 January 1945
    Bel'sk offensive 29 January – 18 February 1945
    Pleshevets–Breznovsk offensive 12 January – 18 February 1945
* East Prussian strategic offensive 13 January – 25 April 1945
    Insterburg–Königsberg offensive (ru) : 14–26 January 1945
    Milau–Elbing offensive (ru) : 14–26 January 1945
    Rastenburg–Heilsberg offensive 27 January – 12 February 1945
    Braunsberg offensive 13–22 March 1945
       German Heiligenbeil Pocket
    Königsberg offensive 6–9 April 1945
    Samland offensive 13–25 April 1945
* Lower Silesian offensive 8–24 February 1945
    German Siege of Breslau 13 February – 6 May 1945
* East Pomeranian strategic offensive 10 February – 6 March 1945
    Konitz-Köslin offensive operation 10 February – 6 March 1945
    German counteroffensive Operation Solstice 15–18 February 1945
    Danzig offensive operation (ru) : 7–31 March 1945
    Arnswalde–Kolberg offensive operation 1–18 March 1945
    Altdamm offensive operation 18 March – 4 April 1945 (near Stettin)
* German Counteroffensive in Hungary Operation Southwind : 17–24 February 1945
* German Lake Balaton counteroffensive Operation Frühlingserwachen : 6 – 16 March 1945
* Balaton defensive 6–15 March 1945
    Bulgarian Battle of the Transdanubian Hills 6–21 March 1945
* Moravian-Ostrau offensive (ru) : 10 March – 5 May 1945
* Vienna offensive 13 March – 15 April 1945
    Győr offensive 13 March – 4 April 1945
    Veszprem offensive 16–25 March 1945
    Sopron–Baden offensive 26 March – 4 April 1945
    Nagykanizsa–Körmend offensive 26 March – 15 April 1945
    Assault on Vienna (ru) : 4–13 April 1945
* Upper Silesian offensive 15–31 March 1945
* Bratislava–Brno offensive 25 March – 5 May 1945
* Graz–Amstetten offensive (ru) : 15 April – 9 May 1945
* Berlin strategic offensive 16 April – 8 May 1945
    German Defence of the Oder–Neisse Line
    Stettin–Rostock offensive operation (ru) : 16 April – 8 May 1945
    German Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead 1 February – 3 March 1945
    Seelow-Berlin offensive 16 April – 2 May 1945
       Battle of Halbe (Russian: Хальбский "котел", Halbe cauldron) 24 April – 1 May 1945
    Cottbus–Potsdam offensive operation (ru) : 16 April – 8 May 1945
    Spremberg–Torgau offensive operation (ru) : 16 April – 5 May 1945
       Battle of Bautzen 21–30 April 1945
    Brandenberg–Rathenow offensive 3–8 May 1945
* Prague offensive 6–11 May 1945
       Dresden–Prague offensive 6–11 May 1945
       Sudeten offensive 6–11 May 1945
       Olomouc offensive 6–9 May 1945
       Iglau–Beneschau offensive 6–11 May 1945
* Soviet Invasion of the Danish Island of Bornholm 7 May 1945