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The
Belostok offensive had proved largely successful in terms of its immediate tactical objectives: by the end of July the Soviets were in possession of the communications centres of Grodno and Białystok. However, their supply lines were becoming dangerously extended and their troops exhausted;
966:, but then was forced to withdraw to assist the first regiment's disengagement. Due to a lack of resources, the German counter-offensive failed, but revealed the exhaustion of both the Soviet and German troops in comparison to fresh units.
962:. One regiment surprised the Soviet forces in Grodno (and claimed to have destroyed some 180 tanks, though this seems excessive) before being forced back southwards towards Białystok. A second regiment recaptured
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In the meantime, the 3rd Army had reached the outskirts of Białystok itself, despite strong resistance from the LV Corps. It stormed the city and took it by 27 July, after several days of street fighting.
649:. The Belostok offensive was part of the third, or 'pursuit' phase of Operation Bagration, and was commenced after the completion of the encirclement and destruction of much of Army Group Centre in the
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728:. This included several new formations in addition to the very few troops that had escaped from east of Minsk. To the south, the defence was conducted by the northern wing of
698:, however, was further employed in reducing the encirclement until mid-July. The 4th Air Army continued its mission of providing support for the Front's ground forces.
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progress slowed as the Army Group Centre commander, Model, was able to organise an effective defence through judicious management of the few units available.
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could call on few reserves to stop the Soviet advance. On the Białystok axis, the remaining forces were organised into a 'blocking group' (
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Belorussian Front's final objective in Operation Bagration was to advance to the
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into a counter-attack with the intention of cutting off the Soviet spearheads in the
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Belorussian Front had successfully forced the entire length of the
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Rifle Corps stormed Grodno on the morning of the next day. The Soviet
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attempted to defend the highway between Grodno and Białystok.
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and moved forward against
Weidling's forces. It crossed the
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845:The above units were under the overall command of
977:by 24 July; the 50th Army, with support from the
1101:] (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag.
1076:Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study
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732:, which had been reinforced, notably with the
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639:Белостокская наступательная операция
1174:Battles involving the Soviet Union
645:in summer 1944, commonly known as
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724:) under the command of General
27:World War II military operation
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914:had forced crossings of the
375:and Eastern Germany 1944–45
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1189:Białystok in World War II
950:The German counter-attack
813:3rd SS Division Totenkopf
767:to 18 July, then General
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979:3rd Guards Cavalry Corps
926:by 13 July, and reached
713:Oberkommando des Heeres
987:50th Infantry Division
788:50th Infantry Division
721:
190:1,011 POW (Soviet est)
117:Commanders and leaders
944:1st Belorussian Front
863:2nd Belorussian Front
765:Kurt von Tippelskirch
265:Skrygalovo-Konkovichi
183:Casualties and losses
163:2nd Belorussian Front
1093:Hinze, Rolf (1993).
956:19th Panzer Division
885:(Lieutenant-General
875:(Lieutenant-General
690:and advance towards
1179:Operation Bagration
807:5th Panzer Division
734:28th Jäger Division
702:German intelligence
647:Operation Bagration
232:Operation Bagration
42:Operation Bagration
18:Belostock Offensive
1049:Ostfrontdrama 1944
837:Friedrich Herrlein
706:After the fall of
631:Belostok offensive
553:Murowana Oszmianka
468:Sandomierz–Silesia
64:Belarus and Poland
35:Belostok offensive
1184:Conflicts in 1944
1011:Osovets offensive
865:(Colonel-General
847:Army Group Centre
825:(Colonel-General
821:Northern wing of
769:Friedrich Hoßbach
678:Operational goals
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893:4th Air Army
877:Ivan Grishin
851:Walter Model
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475:East Prussia
458:Vistula–Oder
411:Lublin–Brest
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315:Lublin–Brest
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275:Doroshevichi
111:Soviet Union
82:Belligerents
29:
1047:See Hinze,
924:Kotra River
887:Ivan Boldin
827:Walter Weiß
823:Second Army
801:Kampfgruppe
794:Kampfgruppe
775:Sperrgruppe
761:Fourth Army
747:Deployments
741:World War I
730:Second Army
722:Sperrgruppe
684:Fourth Army
564:Ostra Brama
145:Second Army
140:Walter Weiß
135:Fourth Army
1168:Categories
1085:0714651028
1068:References
603:Doppelkopf
596:operations
587:Schoenfeld
540:operations
480:Königsberg
453:2nd Baltic
443:Dukla Pass
421:Studzianki
388:operations
330:Studzianki
918:south of
912:50th Army
883:50th Army
873:49th Army
835:(General
763:(General
753:Wehrmacht
696:49th Army
692:Białystok
688:Volkovysk
667:Białystok
594:Wehrmacht
448:Gumbinnen
395:Bagration
1156:Politics
975:Svisloch
940:3rd Army
920:Dokudovo
857:Red Army
833:LV Corps
811:Part of
782:VI Corps
778:Weidling
673:Planning
663:Белосток
655:Belostok
643:Red Army
617:Hannibal
610:Solstice
433:Radzymin
406:Belostok
386:Red Army
310:Šiauliai
305:Belostok
270:Petrikov
260:Bobruysk
255:Zdudichi
170:Strength
60:Location
40:Part of
1132:Germany
1118:Portals
997:Outcome
659:Russian
635:Russian
547:Tempest
531:Breslau
514:Silesia
502:Kolberg
490:Samland
416:Osovets
401:Vilnius
325:Osovets
300:Vilnius
285:Polotsk
250:Mogilev
97:Germany
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983:Grodno
928:Grodno
797:Florke
718:German
694:. The
580:Pęcice
575:Warsaw
507:Danzig
463:Poznań
373:Poland
320:Kaunas
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70:Result
1097:[
1017:Notes
1007:Narew
971:Neman
964:Lipsk
916:Neman
708:Minsk
438:Memel
295:Pinsk
290:Borki
280:Minsk
1103:ISBN
1080:ISBN
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