The Battle of Kolberg or Battle of Kołobrzeg was the taking of the city of Kolberg, now the city of Kołobrzeg, in Pomerania by the Soviet Army and its Polish allies from Nazi German forces during the World War II East Pomeranian Offensive. Between 4 and 18 March 1945 there was major urban fighting of the Soviet and Polish forces against the German army for the control over the city. The Germans succeeded in evacuating much of their military personnel and refugees from the city via sea before it was taken by the Poles on 18 March.
Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) in 1945.
Kołobrzeg is a port city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants. Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the capital of Kołobrzeg County.
Image: Kołobrzeg, Hafen, Leuchtturm, f (2011 07 26) by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia
Image: Kołobrzeg, Strand, a (2011 07 26) by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia
Image: Październikowe opalanie w Kołobrzegu
St John's Church, the remains of an early medieval settlement in modern Budzistowo