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:


 * 1) First (22 June 1941 – 18 November 1942)
 * 2) Second (19 November 1942 – 31 December 1943)
 * 3) 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.

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: 6–11 July 1941


 * 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
 * Bobruysk offensive 13 July – 7 August 1941
 * 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
 * Staraya-Russa offensive (ru) : 12–23 August 1941
 * 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

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

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 (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
 * Olomuoc offensive 6–9 May 1945
 * Iglau–Beneschau offensive 6–11 May 1945


 * Soviet Invasion of the Danish Island of Bornholm 7 May 1945