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What did the Russians 'free' Eastern Europe from?
The Russians did clear the Germans out of Poland which cost the Russians at least a million lives.
The Russian armies which pushed the Germans out of Poland consisted of the
Belorussian Front / Ukrainian Front which included the
Polish 1st and 2nd ArmiesMajor Offensives:
1.
Operation Bagration (June 1944- August 1944)
Russians push Germans out of Eastern Poland, Ukraine and Belarus.
Estimated Casualties : Germans 300,000 Russians 100,000 killed
2.
Lublin-Brest Offensive (July 1944- September 1944)
Russain attack to clear Germans from Central Poland. Russians secure Lublin and Brest regions however stop on the shores of the Vistula river across from Warsaw where the Poles were Uprising against the Germans.
Casualties : Germans 120,000 Russians 80,000 killed
3.
Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive (July 1944)
Russians drive Germans out of Lwow and Sandomierz region
Estimated Casualties: Germans 300,000 Russians 100,000 killed
4.
Vistula-Oder Offensive (January 1945- February 1945)
Russians drive from the Vistula to the Oder river pushing the Germans out of Poland.
Estimated Casualties: Germans 100,000 Russians 80,000 killed
5.
Battle of Berlin (April 1945- May 1945)
Russians/Polish Army drives into Berlin and captures the capital of Nazi Germany.
Estimated Casualties: Germans 458,00 Russians 300,000 killed
Hence we Poles must remember that many Russian lives were lost to rid Poland of German Occupation
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