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    Vilnius (/ˈvɪlniəs/ VIL-nee-əs, Lithuanian: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] ; previously known in English as Vilna, see other names) is the capital of and largest city in...
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    Vilnius County (Lithuanian: Vilniaus apskritis) is the largest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius...
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    failed. The Vilnius offensive was conducted by units of the 3rd Belorussian Front subsequent to their completion of the Minsk Offensive; they were opposed...
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    Vilnius Region[a] is the territory in present-day Lithuania and Belarus that was originally inhabited by ethnic Baltic tribes and was a part of Lithuania...
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    200 sq mi), with a population of 2.86 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians...
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    for offensive". Al Jazeera. 1 July 2023. "NATO allies must arm Ukraine for offensive: Stoltenberg". Radio France Internationale. 14 June 2023. DeYoung...
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    Russian Civil War). A new Polish offensive started on 16 April. Five thousand soldiers, led by Piłsudski, headed for Vilnius. Advancing to the east, the Polish...
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    Polish–Lithuanian War (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    forces marched on Vilnius and captured it one day before the Suwałki Agreement was to formally come into effect, but their further offensive was halted by...
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  • The city of Vilnius, the capital and largest city of Lithuania, has an extensive history starting from the Stone Age. Vilnius was the head of the Grand...
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    Lake Naroch offensive in the Vilnius area, during which the Germans suffered only one-fifth as many casualties as the Russians. This offensive took place...
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    The Vilno-Dvinsk offensive took place in the autumn of 1915 between the cities of Vilno (present-day Vilnius) and Dvinsk (present-day Daugavpils). It...
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    to retreat. Poland started an offensive against the Soviets in March 1919. They pushed east and north, entering Vilnius Region, the territory claimed...
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    terms of the offensive when the Brusilov Offensive occurred in the neighbouring front. The offensive originally planned to target Vilnius, but it was changed...
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    General Lucjan Żeligowski led a military offensive against the Lithuanian army following his mutiny that captured Vilnius. The Lithuanians, despite being outnumbered...
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    artillery fire while inspecting preparations for an offensive. Chernyakhovsky was buried in Vilnius, Lithuania, near a square named in his honor. After...
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    Lithuanian capital ever since. Vilnius had been occupied by the Soviets during their summer 1920 westwards offensive. The Soviets returned the region...
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    the alliance supported sending heavy offensive weaponry to Ukraine, in support of a planned spring offensive. The possible transfer of German-made Leopard...
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    Soviet Union: Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Petrozavodsk, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kishinev, Tbilisi, Sevastopol, and Lvov. Having in his youth enrolled...
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    The 1920 Kiev offensive (or Kiev expedition, Polish: wyprawa kijowska) was a major part of the Polish–Soviet War. It was an attempt by the armed forces...
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    Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655) (category Voivode of Vilnius)
    counter-offensive proved unsuccessful; with the inconclusive Siege of Mahylyow. Janusz Radziwiłł trust in the Poles was damaged during the Battle of Vilnius in...
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    French invasion of Russia (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    for Vilnius. Then they followed Barclay de Toll's First Army of the West to Drissa and Polotsk. Cavalry corps of Murat (32,000) advanced to Vilnius and...
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    The Axis defeat at Kursk terminated the German offensive strength and cleared the way for Soviet offensives. Its setbacks caused many countries friendly...
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  • Storm of Steel (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    translation into Lithuanian by Laurynas Katkus, Kitos knygos, Vilnius 2016. În furtuni de oțel, translation into Romanian by Viorica Nişcov, Corint, Bucharest...
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    in the face of Islamic pressure, Italians, Catalans and Occitans took offensive action. Consequently, the benefits of piracy diminished causing severe...
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    in the battle for Vilnius, which had been under German occupation since 24 June 1941. The Germans were finally driven out from Vilnius on 13 July 1944....
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    after the withdrawal of NATO troops started, the Taliban launched an offensive against the Afghan government, quickly advancing in front of collapsing...
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  • Army Group North (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Tannenberg Line Combat in South Estonia, 1944 Soviet Baltic Offensive Battle of Porkuni Battle of Vilnius (1944) Battle of Memel After becoming trapped in the...
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    Republic of Central Lithuania (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    seized the Vilnius Region that Lithuania made claims to. It was incorporated into Poland on 18 April 1922. The region centered around Vilnius, the historical...
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    Jonas Noreika (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Noreika was drafted into the Soviet Army, then worked as a jurist in Vilnius, where he was an organizer of the anti-Soviet Lithuanian National Council...
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    The Riga offensive, also called the Battle of Jugla or the Battle of Riga (German: Schlacht um Riga), took place in early September 1917 and was last...
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