Western Carpathian offensive

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Western Carpathian offensive
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Advance of the 2nd and 4th Ukrainian Front
Date 12 January – 18 February 1945 Location Slovak Republic and Southern Poland Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Germany Hungary	Soviet Union  Romania Czechoslovakia
Commanders and leaders
Josef Harpe Ferdinand Schörner	Konstantin Rokossovsky Ivan Petrov
Strength
Unknown	482,000 men 99,300 men 11,500 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown killed or wounded 137,000 captured	79,000 men 12,000 men 970 men

The Western Carpathian offensive (Russian: Западно-Карпатская наступательная операция) was a successful offensive by the Red Army during World War II, that lasted from January 12 to February 18, 1945.