"1945-03-31Z"^^ . . . "Soviet Victory" . "22pxNazi Germany" . "408,400" . . "40,000 killed; 14,000 POW (Soviet estimate)" . . . "unknown" . "The Upper Silesian Offensive was a strategically-significant Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II in 1945. It was aimed at capturing the considerable industrial and natural resources located in Upper Silesia and involved forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. Due to the importance of the region to the Germans, considerable forces were provided to Army Group Centre for its defence and the Germans were only slowly pushed back to the Czech border."@en . "Upper Silesian Offensive"@en . "Soviet Union" . . .