Carpatho-Dukla Operation

Carpatho-Duk­la Oper­a­tion, Bat­tle of Duk­la – offen­sive oper­a­tion of Sovi­et and Czechoslo­vak troops in south-east­ern Poland and north-east­ern Slo­va­kia in autumn 1944. It was intend­ed to unite the rebel forces of the Slo­vak Nation­al Upris­ing with the Sovi­et armies. After the Ger­mans suc­ceed­ed in sub­du­ing the upris­ing the oper­a­tion was halt­ed and both Sovi­et and Czechoslo­vak troops went on the defensive.