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Battle of Halbe

Battle of Halbe was a battle fought on 24 April 1945 at Halbe, in what is now Germany. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Soviet victory.

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Waldfriedhof Halbe, Brandenburg, Deutschland, das Denkmal
Waldfriedhof Halbe, Brandenburg, Deutschland, das Denkmal. Clemensfranz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date24 April 1945
PlaceHalbe, Germany
52.107N, 13.701E
Part ofWorld War II (1939 to 1945)
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
ResultSoviet victory
BelligerentsGermanySoviet Union
CommandersTheodor Busse
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Battle of Halbe is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 395 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q282438, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Halbe, revision 1385663386, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.