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Posted by: yogy September 02, 2009 05:44 pm
Does anyone know more about this operation?

I only found some small informations in teh internet, like

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On 25 th of March is the 61 th anniversary since 9 th Infantry Division of 4 th Romanian Army set free Banska-Bistrica town. Romania took part between December 1944 and May 1945 to the struggles for the liberation of former Czechoslovakia with the 1 st and 4 th Army. Romanian troups engaged in these battles counted about 250,000 military men, the losses suffered about 66.000 dead, wounded and missing persons.

Starting with 18 th of December 1944 until 12 th of May 1945 a total of 1,722 localities from which 31 town were eliberated: Zvolen (14 th of March), Kremnica (2 nd of April), Piestani (5 th of April), Nove Mesto (7 th of April), Stara Tura (8 th of April), Straznice (13 th of April), Hroznova Lhota (17 th of April), Brno (26 th of April), Uherske Hradiste (26 th of April) Panov (30 th of April), Pustimer (4 th of May), Kromeriz (4 th-5 th of April), Havličkuv Brod (9 th of May).


from here:
http://www.once.ro/engleza/index.php

A map of the whole operation would be perfect rolleyes.gif

Posted by: ocoleanui September 03, 2009 06:19 am
Here is some maps of 1 st Army :

http://www.geocities.com/dangrecu/maps.html


Posted by: yogy September 03, 2009 09:34 am
Thank you!

It is a pity that this map misses:

# 25 Jan.-19 March 1945: The 1st Army During the Operation of the Javorina Mountains.

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