What the records say
- When
- 9 Jul 1941
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 57.00° N, 25.00° E
- Description
- operation in Lithuania and Latvia, encompassed the operations of the Red Army from 22 June to 9 July 1941
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Baltic operation
1941 German invasion of the Baltic states
The Baltic strategic defensive operation encompassed the operations of the Red Army from 22 June to 9 July 1941 conducted over the territories of Soviet-occupied Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia in response to the offensive launched by the Wehrmacht in Operation Barbarossa.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Прибалтийская стратегическая оборонительная операция РККА и ВМФ СССР в Литве, Латвии, северо-западных районах Белоруссии, РСФСР и Балтийском море”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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