The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre under Field Marshal Fedor von Bock during...
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recapture of Minsk from the Bolsheviks in 1919 Battle of Białystok–Minsk in 1941 in the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa Minsk Offensive of 1944, an...
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Gotthard Heinrici (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
general of the XXXXIII Army Corps during the Battle of Białystok–Minsk, the Battle of Kiev and the Battle of Moscow. He received the Knight's Cross of the...
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Dmitry Pavlov (general) (category Candidates of the Central Committee of the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks))
suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk. During the first days of the invasion, Pavlov was relieved of his command, replaced by Andrey...
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Vladimir Klimovskikh (category Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni)
the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941. After the disaster of the Battle of Białystok–Minsk, Klimovskikh, along with...
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XXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
Barbarossa as part of the 4th Army. It fought in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk and Battle of Kiev (1941). In November 1941, it reached the city of Aleksin on...
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with the Battle of Białystok-Minsk. The German Ninth and Fourth Armies of Army Group Centre penetrated the border north and south of the Białystok salient...
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Walter Heitz (category German commanders at the Battle of Stalingrad)
of the Soviet Union Operation Barbarossa. The Corps was sent into central Russia, and took part in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk and the First Battle...
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Vasily Yevdokimov (category Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner)
after the German breakthrough in the Molodechno region during the Battle of Białystok–Minsk. By 27 June his division was tasked with holding a defensive line...
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Stepan Oborin (category Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner)
was destroyed in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Oborin was wounded during the battle and flew back to Moscow...
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to break out. The battle was an unprecedented defeat for the Red Army, and was more damaging than the Battle of Białystok–Minsk of June–July 1941. The...
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4th Army (Wehrmacht) (category Field armies of Germany in World War II)
1941 as part of Fedor von Bock's Army Group Center and took part in the Battle of Minsk and the Battle of Smolensk. In the aftermath of the German failure...
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Pyotr Akhlyustin (category Recipients of the Cross of St. George)
Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began, Akhlyustin's corps fought in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk and was almost completely wiped...
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1941 and consisted of 2,552 men and a total of two BT-7 tanks and four armoured cars. It was destroyed at the Battle of Białystok–Minsk. j Colonel Grinberg...
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Encirclement (section Notable encirclement battles)
(1941) Battle of Białystok–Minsk (1941) Battle for Velikiye Luki (1942) Battle of Hong Kong (1941) Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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Heinz Guderian (category People of the Estonian War of Independence)
advancing towards the Dnieper. The combined forces of 2nd and 3rd Panzer Groups closed the Minsk pocket, taking 300,000 prisoners before attacking towards...
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17th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) (category Mechanized corps of the Soviet Union)
9406) was a mechanised unit of the Red Army. Formed in March 1941, the corps was destroyed in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk and reduced in size to the...
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Mikhail Khatskilevich (category Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner)
Belarus at the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa, and was killed in action three days into the war during the Battle of Białystok–Minsk. Khatskilevich was born...
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17th Panzer Division (section Order of battle in 1944)
River and advanced south of Minsk, where it made contact with the 3rd Panzer Group. It took part in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk, where it recorded up to...
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Mark Solonin (category Historians of World War II)
Published/Amazon, ISBN-13: 979-8494370945 Soviet offensive plans controversy Battle of Białystok–Minsk Operation Barbarossa Oleg Sukhov (27 April 2014). "Creative Unions...
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in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Uplands of the Podlachian Plain on the banks of the Biała...
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Lehr-Brigade (mot.) 900 (category Brigades of the German Army in World War II)
where it participated in the later stages of the Battle of Białystok–Minsk. By 19 July it was part of the northern wing encircling the Smolensk Pocket...
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64th Rifle Division (1925–1941) (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
infantry division of the Red Army during the interwar period and World War II. The division suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk but with some...
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Vladimir Borisov (category Recipients of the Order of Lenin)
the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa. He was killed during the Battle of Białystok–Minsk in late June 1941 while leading his corps in a breakout attempt...
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June of that year in preparation for Operation Barbarossa. Once the invasion was launched, the division participated in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk, in...
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population of 300,000 people. The Germans captured Minsk in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk, as part of Operation Barbarossa; after it had been devastated...
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LVII Panzer Corps (category Panzer corps of Germany in World War II)
German invasion of the Soviet Union, which commenced on 22 June 1941. It fought in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk and in the Battle of Moscow. On 21 June...
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25th Tank Division (Soviet Union) (category Tank divisions of the Soviet Union)
removed. Martov, Vladimir (1941). "Belarusian Chronicles, 1941. Battle of Bialystok-Minsk". idiot.vitebsk.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on...
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Hans von Luck (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
before driving on Minsk to form the northern inner encirclement arm of the Bialystok-Minsk pocket. Following the capture of Minsk the armoured group...
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