The Vienna offensive was a Soviet operation by the 3rd Ukrainian Front under Marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin, with part of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, which captured Vienna in the last weeks of the Second World War in Europe. The Red Army crossed the Hungarian border and advanced into eastern Austria, and then attacked the city from the south and west, meeting German forces including SS units and volunteers. The fighting damaged buildings, including the Vienna State Opera and St Stephen's Cathedral. The Soviets declared Vienna taken on 13 April. Karl Renner set up a provisional Austrian government, and the country was occupied by the four Allied powers until 1955.
Before and after
- from 19 March 1945 to 8 May 1945Western Allied invasion of Germany
- 22 March 1945Founding of Arab League
- from 23 March 1945 to 24 March 1945Operation Plunder
- 28 March 1945Birth of Rodrigo Duterte
- from 2 April 1945 to 13 April 1945Vienna offensive
- 7 April 1945Operation Ten-Go
- 12 April 1945Death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- from 16 April 1945 to 2 May 1945Battle of Berlin
- 18 April 1945Ruhr Pocket
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