battle, major, interwar and Second World War
Baltic Offensive
Baltic Offensive was a battle fought in 1944 at Baltic states, in what is now Latvia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Baltic states. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Soviet victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) to 1944 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Baltic states, Latvia 57.000N, 25.000E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Territorial change | Formation of the Courland Pocket | |
| Strength | 1,546,400 troops; 17,500 artillery pieces; 3,080 tanks and assault guns; 2,640 aircraft | 342,742 troops; unknown artillery pieces; 262 tanks; 299 assault guns; 321 aircraft |
| Casualties and losses | 61,468 KIA or MIA; 218,622 WIA or sick; 522 tanks; 779 aircraft | October only: 30,834 KIA, WIA and MIA |
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The ground today


The recorded site stands at about 0 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 154 m, 154 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 44% tree cover, 31% cropland, 21% grassland.
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.Nearest engagements
- Battle of Turaida 1298, 22 km NW
- Battle of Turaida 1211, 22 km NW
- Battle of Treiden 1628, 22 km NW
- Battle of Treiden 1628, 23 km NW
- Battle of Kroppenhof 1621, 37 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Belgrade offensive 1944
- After: Battle of Monte Castello 25 November 1944
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines
- Battle of the Philippine Sea Japan
- Battle of Peleliu Palau
- Operation Ichi-Go China
- Battle of Saipan United States
Baltic Offensive is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 58 in present-day Latvia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q687465, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Baltic offensive, revision 1370430184, read 2026-11-15, 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.