May 1945

Eastern Front

The 2nd Shock Army destroys isolated elements of the 3rd Panzer Army at Swinemunde and Peenemunde. German forces in East Prussia and Breslau come under fierce attack while Army Group Center is pressed around Olomouc and southeast of Moravska Ostrava. A limited counterattack by the 17th Army around Wansen is easily repulsed by the 1st Ukrainian Front.

In Prague the revolt gathers pace, Vlassov's Cossack army defecting to the rebels.