battle, major, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Halbe
Battle of Halbe was a battle fought on 24 April 1945 at Halbe, in what is now Germany; it lasted 7 days. 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 | 24 April 1945 to 1 May 1945 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Halbe, Germany 52.107N, 13.701E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
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The ground today


The recorded site stands at about 48 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 31 to 98 m, 68 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 86% tree cover, 9% grassland, 2% built-up.
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 Ciani 1015, 18 km S
- Battle of the Spree 1005, 28 km E
- Battle of Großbeeren 1813, 38 km NW
- Battle of Jüterbog 1644, 45 km W
- Air battle of Berlin 1943, 50 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Race to Berlin 1945
- After: Bombing of Obersalzberg 1945
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1945
- atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan
- Battle of Iwo Jima Japan
- Battle of Okinawa Japan
- Soviet invasion of Manchuria China
- Soviet–Japanese War Russia
Battle of Halbe is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 668 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.