January 12th

What:
Soviet launch massive offensive against the Germans

Where:
Eastern Europe

Year:
1945

Information and Significance
On January 12th, 1945 the Red Army lauched a massive offensive against the Third Reich. After having fought its way from Stalingrad to the borders of the Soviet Union, the national anthem of the Soviet Union was played on loudspeakers before the Red Army launched an offensive that would liberate Poland, Austria, Yugoslavia and Albania and bring Hungary, Rummania, Finland and Bulgaria, and would eventually end in the last stand of Nazi Germany, the Battle of Berlin.