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The Lublin–Brest Offensive was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the German forces from the regions of Eastern Poland and Western Belarus. The offensive was executed by the left (southern) wing of the 1st Belorussian Front and took place during July 1944. The 47th Army and the 8th Guards Army broke through the German defenses, and by 21 July they had reached the eastern banks of the Bug River. The following day 2nd Tank Army began to advance toward Lublin and the Vistula river, while 11th Tank and 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps spearheaded a northwest push toward Siedlce , with the aim of preventing the retreat of Army Group Center forces which were fighting around the cities of Brest and Bialystok. The lead elements of 8th Guards Army and 2nd Tank Army reached the eastern banks of Vistula on 25 July. A day earlier, on 24 July, Lublin was taken and the Red Army advanced westward towards Vistula, south of the Polish capital of Warsaw. The operation was accompanied by several other offensives, particularly the Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive of the 1st Ukrainian Front in the south; both offensives launched weeks after the start of the successful Operation Bagration to the north which cleared German forces from most of Belarus. After reaching its target objectives, the offensive momentum carried on as the Soviet forces advanced on Warsaw during the august months of 1944.

Description
The Lublin–Brest Offensive was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the German forces from the regions of Eastern Poland and Western Belarus. The offensive was executed by the left (southern) wing of the 1st Belorussian Front and took place during July 1944. The 47th Army and the 8th Guards Army broke through the German defenses, and by 21 July they had reached the eastern banks of the Bug River. The following day 2nd Tank Army began to advance toward Lublin and the Vistula river, while 11th Tank and 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps spearheaded a northwest push toward Siedlce , with the aim of preventing the retreat of Army Group Center forces which were fighting around the cities of Brest and Bialystok. The lead elements of 8th Guards Army and 2nd Tank Army reached the eastern banks of Vistula on 25 July. A day earlier, on 24 July, Lublin was taken and the Red Army advanced westward towards Vistula, south of the Polish capital of Warsaw. The operation was accompanied by several other offensives, particularly the Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive of the 1st Ukrainian Front in the south; both offensives launched weeks after the start of the successful Operation Bagration to the north which cleared German forces from most of Belarus. After reaching its target objectives, the offensive momentum carried on as the Soviet forces advanced on Warsaw during the august months of 1944.