Third period of World War II
- Third period of World War II
The Third period of World War II describes the events on the Eastern Front form the Soviet historiographic method of periodisation. The period is formally known as the Third Period of the Great Patriotic War and its duration is determined to be from 1 January 1944 to 11 May 1945 although the 9 May is celebrated in the former Soviet union and in the Russian Federation as Victory Day.
The period includes
* Winter Spring Campaign of 1944 from 1 January to 31 May that begun with the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive and ended with the operations for the liberation of Crimea as the Crimean Offensive on 12 May 1944.
* Summer Autumn Campaign of 1944 from 1 June to 31 December commencing with the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive and ending with the series of operations in Hungary as part of the Budapest Offensive on 13 February 1945.
* Campaign in Europe 1945 from 1 January to 11 May that commenced with the Vistula–Oder Offensive, and ended with the liberation of Prague during the series of operations as part of the Prague Offensive. [p.347, Young]
References
ources
* Young, Peter, (ed.) Brig. (ret.), "The Almanac of World War II", A.P. Publishing, Sydney, 1981
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