Event Operation Bagration

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Was the Soviet offensive against German-occupied Belarus during World War II.

Chronology

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1. Vitebsk-Orsha Offensive

Was a Soviet military offensive during World War II where Vitebsk and Orsha were conquered from the Germans.

  • June 1944: Red Army overruns Orsha, North-East of Minsk.
  • June 1944: The Soviets reached the Berezina River by 28 June.

2. Bobruysk Offensive

Was a Soviet military offensive during World War II where Bobruysk was liberated.

  • June 1944: The Red Army envelops Bobruysk.

3. Polotsk Offensive

Was a Soviet military offensive during World War II where Polotsk was liberated.

  • July 1944: USSR Troops of First Baltic Front overrun Polotsk.
  • July 1944: USSR Troops of First Baltic Front overrun Polotsk.

4. Minsk Offensive

Was a Soviet military offensive during World War II where Minsk was liberated.

  • July 1944: Minsk falls to Third and First White Russian Fronts.
  • July 1944: Minsk falls to Third and First White Russian Fronts.

5. Vilnius Offensive

Was a Soviet military offensive during World War II where Vilnius was liberated.

  • July 1944: Soviet forces reached Vilnius, held by units of the German 3rd Panzer Army.
  • July 1944: Molodechno was taken by Soviet units of the 11th Guards Army, 5th Guards Tank Army and 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps on 5 July.
  • July 1944: Molodechno was taken by Soviet units of the 11th Guards Army, 5th Guards Tank Army and 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps on 5 July.
  • July 1944: The city of Vilnius fell to the Red Army on 13 July.

6. Belostock Offensive

Was a Soviet military offensive during World War II where Białystok (Poland) was liberated.

  • July 1944: Soviet converging columns of Third and Second White Russian Fronts overrun Grodno, rail and road junction on route to East Prussia.
  • July 1944: Soviet converging columns of Third and Second White Russian Fronts overrun Grodno, rail and road junction on route to East Prussia.
  • July 1944: The Soviet 3rd Army reached the outskirts of Białystok itself, despite strong resistance from the LV Corps. It stormed the city and took it.
  • July 1944: The Soviet 3rd Army reached the outskirts of Białystok itself, despite strong resistance from the LV Corps. It stormed the city and took it.
  • July 1944: Soviet converging columns of Third and Second White Russian Fronts overrun Grodno, rail and road junction on route to East Prussia.

7. Šiauliai Offensive

Was an operation of the Soviet forces of the 1st Baltic Front, commanded by General Hovhannes Bagramyan, conducted from 5 July to 29 August 1944. It drove German troops from much of Lithuania, with the main tactical objective being the city of Šiauliai.

  • August 1944: Soviet advances during Operation Bagraton and Šiauliai Offensive.
  • August 1944: Soviet advances during Operation Bagraton and Šiauliai Offensive.
  • August 1944: Soviet troops liberated the cities of Jelgava and Kaunas.
  • August 1944: Soviet advances during Operation Bagraton and Šiauliai Offensive.
  • July 1944: By July 22 Soviet troops had captured Panevežys.
  • August 1944: Soviet advances during Operation Bagraton and Šiauliai Offensive.
  • August 1944: Soviet advances during Operation Bagraton and Šiauliai Offensive.
  • August 1944: Soviet advances during Operation Bagraton and Šiauliai Offensive.
  • August 1944: Soviet troops liberated the cities of Jelgava and Kaunas.
  • August 1944: Soviet advances during Operation Bagraton and Šiauliai Offensive.
  • July 1944: On 27 July the Red Army captured Šiauliai and Daugavpils.

8. Lublin-Brest Offensive

Strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the regions of Eastern Poland and Western Belarus.

  • July 1944: Soviet troops of First White Russian Front overrun Lublin.
  • August 1944: By 2 August, the 1st Belorussian Front’s left wing armies seized bridgeheads over the Vistula at Magnuszew (Chuikov's 47th Army) and Puławy.
  • July 1944: Troops of First White Russian Front overrun Brest Litovsk.
  • August 1944: By 2 August, the 1st Belorussian Front’s left wing armies seized bridgeheads over the Vistula at Magnuszew (Chuikov's 47th Army) and Puławy.
  • August 1944: By 2 August, the 1st Belorussian Front’s left wing armies seized bridgeheads over the Vistula at Magnuszew (Chuikov's 47th Army) and Puławy.
  • July 1944: Soviet troops of First White Russian Front overrun Lublin.
  • July 1944: Soviet troops of First White Russian Front overrun Lublin.
  • August 1944: By 2 August, the 1st Belorussian Front’s left wing armies seized bridgeheads over the Vistula at Magnuszew (Chuikov's 47th Army) and Puławy.
  • July 1944: Troops of First White Russian Front overrun Brest Litovsk.
  • July 1944: Soviet troops of First White Russian Front overrun Lublin.

9. Kaunas Offensive

Was an offensive of the Soviet Red Army to clear the area of Kaunas from German forces.

  • July 1944: Using the success of the Tank Corps, the troops of the Soviet 33rd Army entered and secured Vilkaviškis and the railway station of Mariampolė.
  • July 1944: The German resistance on the approaches to the Neman was broken.
  • July 1944: The German resistance on the approaches to the Neman was broken.
  • July 1944: The German resistance on the approaches to the Neman was broken.
  • July 1944: Using the success of the Tank Corps, the troops of the Soviet 33rd Army entered and secured Vilkaviškis and the railway station of Mariampolė.

10. Osovets Offensive

Was an offensive of the Soviet Red Army to clear the area of Osowiec (Poland) from German forces.

  • August 1944: Joseph Stalin's Order no. 166 for that day noted the capture of the fortress of Osowiec.
  • August 1944: Joseph Stalin's Order no. 166 for that day noted the capture of the fortress of Osowiec.

Selected Sources

  • Ian Kershaw (trad. de l'anglais), La Fin : Allemagne, 1944-1945, Paris, Seuil, 2012, p.137
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  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 219
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 223
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 224
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 231
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 235
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 238
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