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commander, von
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served as an interpreter during the offensive and discussed his experiences in
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Divisions), also began to pull back to the second defensive line.
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Troops of the 49th Army during the liberation of
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offensives, to the north and south respectively, set up a major
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The
Mogilev offensive had two main goals within the context of
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in the summer of 1944. Its goals were to capture the city of
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expected that the main Soviet offensive would be against
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during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. The
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Corps before
Mogilev was one of the strongest corps in
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Military operations of World War II involving Germany
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Glantz, David M.; Orenstein, Harold S., eds. (2001).
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When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
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Soviet Blitzkrieg: The Battle for White Russia, 1944
653:As with the other offensives in the first phase of
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898:. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas.
698:was ordered forward to take up positions on the
510:"Whom God would destroy, he first strikes blind"
915:Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study
875:. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
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27:1944 Red Army offensive in Byelorussia
751:, (later executed by the Soviets for
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512:: the concerns were not passed on.
405:Могилевская наступательная операция
62:June 23, 1944 – June 28, 1944
942:Battles involving the Soviet Union
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660:East of Mogilev itself, General
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786:To Be Preserved Forever
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503:12th Infantry Division
244:3,250 POW (Soviet est)
158:Commanders and leaders
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593:2nd Belorussian Front
532:Kurt von Tippelskirch
319:Skrygalovo-Konkovichi
237:Casualties and losses
217:2nd Belorussian Front
171:Kurt von Tippelskirch
625:(Lieutenant-General
615:(Lieutenant-General
605:(Lieutenant-General
199:Twelfth Inf Division
947:Operation Bagration
825:When Titans Clashed
655:Operation Bagration
486:Operation Bagration
472:German intelligence
446:Operation Bagration
409:Operation Bagration
286:Operation Bagration
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666:XXXIX Panzer Corps
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538:XXXIX Panzer Corps
526:Southern flank of
429:German Fourth Army
952:Conflicts in 1944
905:978-0-7006-0899-7
882:978-1-5558-7880-1
775:Personal accounts
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482:Army Group Centre
440:Operational goals
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578:Generalmajor
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329:Doroshevichi
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151:Soviet Union
121:Belligerents
845:Dunn, p.167
836:Dunn, p.163
782:Lev Kopelev
690:Fourth Army
627:Ivan Boldin
528:Fourth Army
516:Deployments
176:Fourth Army
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936:Categories
924:0714651028
865:References
858:, pp. 95-6
753:war crimes
476:The XXXIX
384:Studzianki
98:53.9; 30.2
686:49th Army
623:50th Army
613:49th Army
603:33rd Army
557:Reserve:
550:(General
548:XII Corps
540:(General
530:(General
521:Wehrmacht
411:– of the
854:Glantz,
823:Glantz,
810:Glantz,
757:Berezina
729:and the
587:Red Army
461:Bobruysk
435:Planning
413:Red Army
364:Šiauliai
359:Belostok
324:Petrikov
314:Bobruysk
309:Zdudichi
224:Strength
67:Location
38:Part of
827:, p.219
745:Mogilev
570:Mogilev
507:proverb
425:Mogilev
415:on the
401:Russian
379:Osovets
354:Vilnius
339:Polotsk
304:Mogilev
247:Unknown
232:Unknown
229:Unknown
136:Germany
84:30°12′E
81:53°54′N
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478:Panzer
374:Kaunas
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109:Result
799:Notes
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708:XIIth
682:110th
678:337th
349:Pinsk
344:Borki
334:Minsk
919:ISBN
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