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Vitebsk–Orsha offensive

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By 27 June LIII Corps had been dispersed, its 30,000 men being almost all killed or taken prisoner; a group of several thousand from the 4th Luftwaffe Field Division initially managed to break out, but was liquidated in the forests west of Vitebsk. The remnants of IX Corps were retreating to the
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was able to break through the German lines in a marshy, thinly-held area to the north of the 78th Sturm Division, which was ordered back to the 'Hessen' line, the third defence zone. It was now struggling to maintain contact with the 25th Panzergrenadier Division to the south. Chernyakhovsky,
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of four divisions, was already serious, as Soviet forces were clearly intending to encircle the city, but no reserves were available to shore up the collapsing defences, and requests to withdraw German troops to the second defense lines, the 'Tiger' line, were denied by the
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Völckers's position was further threatened by the near-collapse of the Third Panzer Army's VI Corps, immediately to the north. At 11:20 on 25 June the VI Corps, which had been cut off from its parent formation, was reassigned to Fourth Army. Part of its reserve, the
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encouraged by the 1st Guards Rifle Division's progress, pushed a mixed cavalry / mechanised exploitation force into the breach in the German lines. On 25 June, the German defences began to rupture; a counter-attack at
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Soviet plans in this sector met with overwhelming success. The 4th Luftwaffe Field Division was cut off and destroyed by the 39th Army on the evening of 25 June, and by the next day the 246th Infantry and
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The Soviet record, given in Glantz, p.85, states that this group was first intercepted by the 179th Rifle Division at Lake Sarro on 26 June, and was eventually destroyed near Iakubovschina on 27 June.
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Heavy damage was inflicted on German forces, with the LIII Corps of Third Panzer Army being almost eliminated and other corps suffering high levels of casualties and loss of equipment.
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holding the lines to the south. As a result of the strong defenses in this sector, Soviet plans included the commitment of heavily armed engineer units to assist in a breakthrough.
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at speed, with a subsidiary force breaking off to encircle Orsha, which was liberated on the evening of 26 June. The main exploitation force,
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liberated: even more significantly, a huge gap had been torn in the German lines to the north of Fourth Army in the former VI Corps sector.
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insisted that a staff officer be parachuted into Vitebsk to remind Gollwitzer that the trapped 206th Infantry Division should not withdraw;
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Infantry Divisions were overrun and consumed by an overwhelming Soviet assault, with a particularly effective breakthrough by the
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Commit motorised / cavalry exploitation forces through the gap opened once the highway had been cleared, opening the way for the
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The breakthrough of exploitation forces at Orsha, in combination with a similar breakthrough in the south in the parallel
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tanks of the 116th Separate Engineering Tank Regiment were committed along with assault engineer companies and
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Infantry Divisions) had become separated from the remainder of Third Panzer Army by heavy attacks around
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Infantry Divisions' sectors. By 24 June, the German position in Vitebsk itself, held by the central
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Armies were now converging behind Vitebsk, trapping the entire LIII Corps. LIII Corps's commander,
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The operation effectively ceased with the arrival of 5th Guards Tank Army's forward units at the
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attacked towards Orsha on 23 June but initially made little headway. By the next day, the Soviet
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The two key cities and communication / transport centres of Vitebsk and Orsha were captured.
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It was in this sector that Soviet forces had their greatest initial gains. The Soviet
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Divisions, fighting their way along the road from Vitebsk, had also been encircled.
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was disintegrating. In the north, IX Corps had been broken and pushed over the
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regiments in several waves against the fortified and mined positions of the
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Soviet intelligence had revealed the depth of the German defences on the
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fighting near the Vitebsk railway station during the assault on the city
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Battle for White Russia: The destruction of Army Group Centre June 1944
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was appointed to coordinate the operations of the two Fronts involved.
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The central sector of Soviet operations was against the long front of
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south-west of the city in order to spearhead a breakout, while the
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was ordered to take. A breakthrough in this area, against General
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in this sector was to be preceded by specialised engineer units;
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or strongpoint under 78th Sturm Division's commander, with the
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In terms of its objectives within the broader structure of
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was ordered to stay in the city and fight to the last man.
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however, denied all requests for complete evacuation: the
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Break through the heavily fortified area around the main
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Army Group Centre's northern flank was defended by the
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4144: 4135: 4126: 4119: 4112: 4101: 4092: 4079: 4072: 4063: 4056: 4049: 4042: 4035: 4028: 4021: 4012: 4005: 3998: 3989: 3982: 3975: 3968: 3963:Battle of Kursk 3961: 3954: 3947: 3940: 3933: 3920: 3913: 3904: 3897: 3890: 3881: 3874: 3867: 3860: 3851: 3842: 3835: 3828: 3821: 3814: 3807: 3800: 3793: 3786: 3779: 3774:St Nazaire Raid 3772: 3765: 3758: 3745: 3738: 3731: 3724: 3717: 3710: 3703: 3696: 3689: 3682: 3675: 3668: 3661: 3654: 3647: 3640: 3633: 3626: 3619: 3612: 3598: 3589: 3582: 3575: 3568: 3561: 3556:Anglo-Iraqi War 3554: 3547:Battle of Crete 3545: 3538: 3531: 3524: 3517: 3504: 3495: 3488: 3481: 3476:Eastern Romania 3474: 3467: 3460: 3453: 3446: 3439: 3432: 3425: 3418: 3411: 3404: 3397: 3390: 3383: 3376: 3369: 3356: 3349: 3342: 3335: 3328: 3321: 3314: 3307: 3294: 3285: 3278: 3271: 3264: 3257: 3250: 3241: 3234: 3227: 3218: 3211: 3185: 3178: 3171: 3162: 3155: 3150: 3141: 3134: 3127: 3118: 3111: 3102: 3095: 3090: 3083: 3070: 3063: 3054: 3047: 3042: 3037:Western Ukraine 3035: 3028: 3021: 3014: 3007: 3000: 2993: 2986: 2981:Northeast China 2979: 2972: 2965: 2958: 2951: 2944: 2935: 2928: 2921: 2914: 2907: 2900: 2893: 2886: 2879: 2872: 2865: 2858: 2851: 2844: 2837: 2830: 2823: 2816: 2809: 2796: 2789: 2782: 2775: 2768: 2761: 2754: 2747: 2740: 2733: 2726: 2719: 2706: 2699: 2692: 2687:Slovak Republic 2685: 2677: 2670: 2663: 2658:Empire of Japan 2656: 2647: 2639: 2632: 2625: 2618: 2611: 2604: 2596: 2589: 2582: 2574: 2567: 2554: 2547: 2538: 2531: 2522: 2515: 2508: 2501: 2494: 2487: 2480: 2468: 2461: 2454: 2447: 2440: 2433: 2426: 2419: 2412: 2400: 2393: 2386: 2379: 2372: 2360: 2352: 2345: 2338: 2331: 2324: 2317: 2310: 2298: 2291: 2284: 2277: 2270: 2244: 2235: 2228: 2221: 2214: 2203: 2188: 2181: 2174: 2170:Sexual violence 2169: 2162: 2153: 2146: 2139: 2130: 2123: 2116: 2109: 2102: 2093: 2084: 2077: 2070: 2063: 2056: 2049: 2040: 2033: 2026: 2019: 2006: 1999: 1992: 1985: 1976: 1969: 1962: 1955: 1948: 1939: 1930: 1923: 1916: 1909: 1900: 1893: 1888:Greek Civil War 1886: 1879: 1872: 1865: 1858: 1851: 1844: 1831: 1824: 1815: 1808: 1801: 1792: 1785: 1778: 1771: 1762: 1755: 1748: 1739: 1732: 1725: 1718: 1713:South-East Asia 1711: 1704: 1697: 1684: 1677: 1670: 1663: 1656: 1649: 1642: 1635: 1626: 1619: 1612: 1605: 1598: 1591: 1584: 1577: 1572:Military awards 1570: 1561: 1554: 1547: 1538: 1531: 1524: 1517: 1510: 1503: 1496: 1489: 1482: 1475: 1466: 1459: 1439: 1432: 1425: 1416: 1409: 1402: 1397: 1388: 1381: 1374: 1366: 1361: 1326: 1309: 1303: 1290: 1284: 1264: 1258: 1242: 1236: 1223: 1220: 1215: 1207: 1203: 1195: 1191: 1183: 1179: 1174: 1170: 1162: 1158: 1150: 1146: 1142:, pp. 1–2. 1138: 1134: 1130: 1118: 1087: 945: 929:6th Guards Army 740: 735: 656:6th Guards Army 637: 627:(Field-Marshal 530:Colonel-General 522: 515: 431:3rd Panzer Army 423: 415:Minsk offensive 383: 378: 280: 275: 273: 271: 237: 235: 233: 229: 227: 225: 223: 191: 175: 165: 156: 129: 117: 115: 114: 85: 83: 79: 76: 71: 68: 66: 64: 63: 62: 60:Belorussian SSR 50:23–28 June 1944 12: 11: 5: 4672: 4670: 4662: 4661: 4656: 4651: 4646: 4641: 4636: 4626: 4625: 4619: 4618: 4616: 4615: 4608: 4601: 4584: 4581: 4580: 4577: 4576: 4574: 4573: 4572: 4571: 4564: 4557: 4543: 4542: 4541: 4527: 4524:South Sakhalin 4520: 4519: 4518: 4504: 4497: 4490: 4483: 4476: 4475: 4474: 4460: 4453: 4446: 4439: 4432: 4425: 4418: 4411: 4404: 4397: 4390: 4383: 4376: 4369: 4361: 4359: 4353: 4352: 4350: 4349: 4342: 4341: 4340: 4324: 4317: 4316: 4315: 4301: 4294: 4287: 4280: 4273: 4264: 4255: 4248: 4239: 4232: 4225: 4218: 4209: 4202: 4195: 4188: 4181: 4174: 4167: 4158: 4151: 4142: 4133: 4124: 4117: 4110: 4099: 4089: 4087: 4081: 4080: 4078: 4077: 4070: 4069: 4068: 4061: 4047: 4040: 4033: 4026: 4019: 4018: 4017: 4003: 3996: 3987: 3980: 3973: 3966: 3959: 3952: 3949:Battle of Attu 3945: 3938: 3930: 3928: 3922: 3921: 3919: 3918: 3911: 3902: 3895: 3888: 3879: 3872: 3865: 3858: 3849: 3848: 3847: 3840: 3826: 3819: 3812: 3805: 3798: 3791: 3784: 3777: 3770: 3763: 3755: 3753: 3747: 3746: 3744: 3743: 3736: 3729: 3722: 3715: 3708: 3701: 3698:Battle of Guam 3694: 3687: 3680: 3673: 3666: 3659: 3652: 3645: 3638: 3631: 3624: 3621:Battle of Kiev 3617: 3610: 3596: 3595: 3594: 3580: 3573: 3566: 3559: 3552: 3551: 3550: 3536: 3529: 3522: 3514: 3512: 3506: 3505: 3503: 3502: 3493: 3486: 3479: 3472: 3465: 3458: 3451: 3444: 3437: 3430: 3423: 3416: 3409: 3402: 3395: 3388: 3381: 3374: 3366: 3364: 3358: 3357: 3355: 3354: 3347: 3340: 3333: 3326: 3319: 3312: 3304: 3302: 3296: 3295: 3293: 3292: 3291: 3290: 3283: 3276: 3269: 3262: 3248: 3247: 3246: 3239: 3225: 3224: 3223: 3208: 3206: 3197: 3191: 3190: 3187: 3186: 3184: 3183: 3176: 3169: 3168: 3167: 3160: 3148: 3147: 3146: 3132: 3125: 3124: 3123: 3120:United Kingdom 3116: 3109: 3108: 3107: 3088: 3080: 3078: 3072: 3071: 3069: 3068: 3061: 3060: 3059: 3052: 3040: 3033: 3026: 3019: 3012: 3005: 2998: 2991: 2984: 2977: 2970: 2963: 2956: 2949: 2942: 2941: 2940: 2933: 2919: 2912: 2905: 2898: 2891: 2884: 2877: 2870: 2863: 2856: 2849: 2842: 2835: 2828: 2821: 2814: 2806: 2804: 2798: 2797: 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1860:Decolonization 1856: 1849: 1841: 1839: 1833: 1832: 1830: 1829: 1822: 1821: 1820: 1806: 1799: 1798: 1797: 1790: 1783: 1769: 1768: 1767: 1760: 1746: 1745: 1744: 1737: 1730: 1723: 1716: 1709: 1694: 1692: 1686: 1685: 1683: 1682: 1675: 1668: 1661: 1654: 1647: 1640: 1633: 1632: 1631: 1624: 1610: 1603: 1596: 1589: 1582: 1575: 1568: 1567: 1566: 1552: 1545: 1544: 1543: 1536: 1533:United Kingdom 1529: 1515: 1508: 1501: 1494: 1487: 1480: 1473: 1472: 1471: 1456: 1454: 1445: 1441: 1440: 1438: 1437: 1430: 1423: 1422: 1421: 1414: 1407: 1395: 1394: 1393: 1379: 1371: 1368: 1367: 1362: 1360: 1359: 1352: 1345: 1337: 1331: 1330: 1324: 1307: 1301: 1288: 1282: 1262: 1256: 1240: 1234: 1219: 1216: 1214: 1213: 1201: 1199:, p. 149. 1189: 1177: 1168: 1164:Mitcham (2001) 1156: 1144: 1131: 1129: 1126: 1125: 1124: 1117: 1116:External links 1114: 1113: 1112: 1101: 1098: 1086: 1083: 1064:Georg Pfeiffer 985:Chernyakhovsky 944: 941: 894:Troops of the 780:Chernyakhovsky 739: 736: 734: 731: 723: 722: 721: 720: 715: 705: 700: 695: 690: 687:Kuzma Galitsky 670: 669: 668: 663: 658: 653: 651:4th Shock Army 636: 633: 604:The cities of 602: 601: 591: 590: 589: 568: 567: 566: 563:Georg Pfeiffer 556: 546: 521: 516: 514: 511: 473: 472: 463:of the German 457: 442: 422: 419: 380: 379: 377: 376: 371: 366: 361: 356: 351: 346: 341: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 285: 282: 281: 272: 270: 269: 262: 255: 247: 239: 238: 230: 219: 218: 214: 213: 210: 206: 205: 201: 200: 184:Ivan Bagramyan 181: 178:206th Division 145: 144: 140: 139: 127: 111: 110: 106: 105: 102: 101: 100:Soviet victory 98: 94: 93: 58: 56: 52: 51: 48: 40: 39: 31: 30: 23: 22: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4671: 4660: 4657: 4655: 4652: 4650: 4647: 4645: 4642: 4640: 4637: 4635: 4632: 4631: 4629: 4613: 4609: 4606: 4602: 4599: 4598: 4593: 4586: 4585: 4582: 4569: 4565: 4562: 4558: 4555: 4551: 4550: 4548: 4544: 4539: 4535: 4534: 4532: 4531:Kuril Islands 4528: 4525: 4521: 4516: 4512: 4511: 4509: 4505: 4502: 4498: 4495: 4491: 4488: 4484: 4481: 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Index

Operation Bagration

Belorussian SSR
55°12′N 30°12′E / 55.2°N 30.2°E / 55.2; 30.2
Germany
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Third Panzer Army
Kurt von Tippelskirch
Fourth Army
Alfons Hitter
Surrendered
206th Division
Ivan Bagramyan
1st Baltic Front
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
3rd Belorussian Front
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Operation Bagration
Vitebsk–Orsha
Mogilev
Zdudichi
Bobruysk
Skrygalovo-Konkovichi
Petrikov
Doroshevichi
Minsk

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